Variant: Juniper: Are you guys busy?
Percy: Well, we’re in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we’re trying not to die.
Annabeth: We’re not busy.
Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth
“We're all monsters," said Daisy with enthusiasm. "It's the Age of Monsters.”
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Paul Bowles
,
book
Let It Come Down
Source: Let It Come Down (1952), p. 238
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