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"I made the tenor sax - there's nobody plays like me and I don't play like anybody else."
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"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."
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"I honestly can't characterize my style in words. It seems that whatever comes to me naturally, I play."
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