Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
Don't feel bad, I'm usually about to die.
OPEN WITH CARE. TRIPPLE G RANCH IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, MAIMING, OR EXCRUCIATINGLY PAINFUL DEATHS.
I felt like one of Apollo's sacred cows- slow, dumb, and bright red.
The last time I'd seen the Minotaur, he'd been wearing nothing but his tighty whities. I don't know why. Maybe he'd been shaken out of bed to chase me.
He looked like those paintings of baby angels - what do you call them, hubbubs? No cherubs. That's it. He looked like a cherub who'd turned middle-aged in a trailer park.
It's like I was connected to the plumping system.
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD!!!!
Even little Herley, who couldn't have been more than eight, looked like he could go six rounds with Chuck Norris without breaking a sweat.
Plus, humor is a good way to hide the pain. - Leo
A long white ribbon shot out of the crack in the wall. The ribbon just kept coming, weaving itself into some kind of shape next to Anubis, and my first thought was, My god, he's got a magic roll of toilet paper.
I grabbed a pair of glowing red legs.
Khufu carefully picked out everything that ended with-o-Doritos, Oreos, and some chunks of meat. Buffalo? Armadillo? I was scared to even ask.
You want to know how Egyptians pulled the brains out of mummies. or built the pyramids, or cursed King Tut's tomb? My dad's your man.
THAT Perseus always won. That's why my momhad named me after him, even if he was son of Zeus ann I was son of Posidon. The original Perseus was one of the only heros in the greek myths who got a happy ending. The others died-betrayed, mauled, mutilated, poisoned, or cursed by the gods. My mom hoped i would inherit Perseus's luck. Judging by how my life was going so far, i wasn't too optimistic.
Maybe if he did really well they'd give him some mouldy apples.
I couldn't help thinking about my dream, with Annabeth crumpled and lifeless in Luke's arms. Here I was rescuing baby monsters, but I couldn't save my friend.
Don't judge someone until you've stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?
People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.
I found myself staring at her, which was stupid since I'd seen her a billion times. Still, she seemed so much more mature. It was kind of intimidating. I mean, sure, she'd always been cute, but she was starting to be seriously beautiful.
The Minotaur unstrapped his axe and swung it around. It was beautiful in a harsh I'm~going~togut~you~like~a~fish kind of way. Each of its twin blades was shaped like an omega: ?-the last letter of the Greek alphabet. Maybe that was because the axe would be the last thing his victims ever saw
He offered to stop the tide for me once. He offered to build me a palace at the bottom of the sea.
It's useless to lecture a human.
The real world is where the monsters are.
Happy the Dragon was not so happy.
Rainbows. Very Macho! ~Leo Valdez
After my bad experience as a kite, I simply refused to go about as a glowing Sadie-headed chicken. That's fine for Carter, but I have standards.
I guess it started in London, the night our dad blew up the British museum.
Lookin up at the huge baboons, I wondered if Khufu had some sort of secret baboon code that would get us in. But instead he barked at the statues and cowered heroically behind my legs.
A guy in Greek armor drew his sword and charged, but slipped in a puddle of pina colada.
That was so completely unfair that I told Tantalus to go chase a donut, which didn't help his mood.
Nobody welcomes a war - not if they're smart. But war finds everyone sooner or later. It's inevitable.
I hoped I wasn't blushing. It was bad enough I had to depend on my mom to drive me to my battles.
Don't worry, goat boy. The milkman is dead.
Percy, lesser beings do many horrible things in the name of the gods. That does not mean we gods approve. The way our sons and daughters act in our names... well, it usually says more about THEM than it does about us.
I plucked a ruby off the nearest plant and threw it at Hades.
There's no point in defending camp if you guys die. All our friends are here.
He was slumped over, blood trickling from the side of his mouth. I shook his furry hip, thinking, No! Even if you are half barnyard animal, you're my best friend and I don't want you to die!
Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.
The sea does not like to be restrained.
He also didn't mind Piper's using him for a pillow. She had a cute way of breathing when she slept - inhaling through the nose, exhaling with a little puff through the mouth. He was also disappointed when she woke up.
See, lady, that's what happens to snow in Texas. It- freaking- melts.
Apparently, word of the chicken man incident hadn't spread quite yet.
I guessed his name was Face of Horror. I wondered how long it had taken his mom to think of that. Bob? No. Sam? No. How about Face of Horror?
Lovely. Imprisoned in a nursery school dungeon.
Curse Hermes and his multi-vitamins!
The bridge fell away into the chasm, and the Cyclops howled ... with delight, because he was standing right next to us.
Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a completely unorthodox style, rolling under their feet, slashing with his sword instead of stabbing like a Roman would, whacking campers with the flat of his blade, and generally causing mass panic.
I should throw you off this building minus the flying horse and see how heroic you sound on the way down.
Even when she looked scared, she had a lot of guts.
Poseidon can come in too! We will eat you both! Seafood!
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