Percy, meet Gladiola. Gladiola, Percy.” I stared at Annabeth, figuring she’d crack up at this practical joke they were playing on me, but she looked deadly serious.
Don’t get too comfortable out there in Hollywood, Gleeson,” Piper said. Hedge snorted. “You kidding? These people make Aeolus look sane.
Tyson looked down like he was embarrassed. “I am sorry. Came to help. Disobeyed you.
Dude!” the centaur groaned, almost buckling under Tyson’s weight. “Do the words ‘low-carb diet’ mean anything to you?
Loki, who put the con in conniving.
I wondered if it was testing me – gauging just how far it could push me before I snapped it in two. I might have done so long ago except I feared I would then have two fragments of a talking arrow, which would give me bad advice in harmony.
I was trying to do you a favor, you silly woman. A few more hours in the fire, and your baby boy would have been immortal! He would’ve grown into a fine young god and brought you eternal honor. Now you’ve ruined the magic. He will simply be human – a great hero, yes, strong and tall, but doomed to a mortal life. He will only be Demophoon, when he could have been Fully Phoon! Phoon the Great!
World War II, you know, that was basically a fight between the sons of Zeus and Poseidon on one side, and the sons of Hades on the other. The winning side, Zeus and Poseidon, made Hades swear an oath with them: no more affairs with mortal women. They all swore on the River Styx.’ Thunder boomed.
Thor’s mighty chariot rides across the sky, and lightning is caused by hurling his great hammer, Mjolnir.
How far is that in regular measurements?” Percy asked. Frank rolled his eyes. “That is a regular measurement in Canada and the rest of the world. Only you Americans – ” “About five or six football fields,” Hazel interceded, feeding Arion a big chunk of gold. Percy spread his hands. “That’s all you needed to say.
Well done, Frank Zhang,” Leo said dryly, doing his impression of Chiron the centaur. “That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas.
Husband, we talked about this,” Persephone chided. “You can’t go around incinerating every hero. Besides, he’s brave. I like that.
Yeah, Hera was definitely channelling her inner Wicked Witch of the West that day.
And of all the gods who might help them, the only ones not affected by the Greek–Roman schism seemed to be Aphrodite, Nemesis, and Dionysus. Love, revenge, wine. Very helpful.
I’d killed and eaten this particular goat on another world, which is the sort of bonding experience you don’t forget.
He’s summoning Nekhbet,” Sadie murmured. “I’d really rather not see her again.” “What kind of name is Neck Butt, anyway?” I asked.
Whenever divine or monstrous elements mix with the mortal world, they generate Mist, which obscures the vision of humans. You will see things just as they are, being a half-blood, but humans will interpret things quite differently. Remarkable, really, the lengths to which humans will go to fit things into their version of reality.
As they sailed farther from the coast, the sky darkened and more stars came out. Percy studied the constellations – the ones Annabeth had taught him so many years ago.
I imagined it saying, A pen sword. That is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.
My gods! She told me you were dead!” She gripped Jason’s face and seemed to be examining everything about it. “Thank Artemis, it is you. That little scar on your lip – you tried to eat a stapler when you were two!