"I'm just a kid, Chiron," I said miserably. "What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?"Chiron managed a smile. '"What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War."

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"I'm just a kid, Chiron," I said miserably. "What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?"Chiron managed a smile. '"What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War."

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"Unless you stop him. Perhaps next we meet.""You'll be just as annoying?" I guessed.He fixed my with those warm brown eyes. "Or perhaps you could bring me up to speed on those modern courtship rituals."I sat there stunned until he gave me a glimpse of a smile-just enough to let me know he was teasing. Then he disappeared."Oh, very funny!" I yelled."

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"The plan had three phases: dangerous, really dangerous and insanely dangerous."

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Nature

"I couldn't miss Percy's fifteenth birthday, Poseidon said. "Why, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!"That's true, Paul said. "I used to teach ancient history.Poseidon's eyes twinkled. "That's me. Ancient history."

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"You'll do well, Percy. Just remember your strengths and beware your weaknesses."

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