The waiter brought fresh-baked bread and cheese, a bottle of sparkling water for Annabeth, and a Coke with ice for me (because I’m a barbarian).

“It'll be dangerous," Nyssa warned him. "Hardship, monsters, terrible suffering.…”

“It's first owner...well, things didn't turn out too well for her. Her name was …”

“Oh, I wouldn't say Love always makes you happy. Sometimes it makes you incredib…”

“I figure the universe is basically like a machine. I don't know who made it, if…”