Humankind is but the pieces in a game, plastic soldiers waging war between boy gods.
Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt."You're a genius," I (Percy) told Annabeth.
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Which reminded me...I still owed the gods a debt."You're a genius," I (Percy) told Annabeth.
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