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My Name Is Carter Kane. I'm Fourteen And My Home Is A Suitcase.

After The Satyrs Filed In To Dinner, The Hermes Cabin Brought Up The Rear. They Were Always The Biggest Cabin. Last Summer It Had Been Led By Luke, The Guy Who Fought With Thalia And Annabeth On Top Of Half-blood Hill. For A While, Before Poseidon Had Claimed Me, I'd Lodged In The Hermes Cabin. Luke Had Befriended Me...and Then He'd Tried To Kill Me.

Liz Cleared Her Throat. "isn't There A More Polite Term We're Supposed To Use Nowadays? Like....little Person, Or Vertically Challenged,or-" "i'm Not Going To Call Myself The God Of Vertically Challenged People," Bes Grumbled. "i'm A Dwarf!

I Think That Kids Have A Greater Capacity For Processing Things Than We Give Them Credit For.

Grover And Nico Came Back From Their Walk, And Grover Helped Me Fix Up My Wounded Arm. "it's Green!" Nico Said With Delight.