“We'd spent maybe ten minutes together, during which time I'd accidentally swung a sword at her, she'd saved my life, and I'd run away chased by a band of supernatural killing machines. You know, your typical chance meeting.”

—  Rick Riordan , book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

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