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1 " Hoover Dam," Thalia said. " It's huge." We stood at the river's edge, looking up at a curve of concrete that loomed between the cliffs. People were walking along the top of the dam. They were so tiny they looked like fleas.The naiads had left with a lot of grumbling—not in words I could understand, but it was obvious they hated this dam blocking up their nice river. Our canoes floated back downstream, swirling in the wake from the dam's discharge vents." Seven hundred feet tall," I said. " Built in the 1930s." " Five million cubic acres of water," Thalia said.Graver sighed. " Largest construction project in the United States." Zoe stared at us. " How do you know all that?" " Annabeth," I said. " She liked architecture." " She was nuts about monuments," Thalia said." Spouted facts all the time." Grover sniffled. " So annoying." " I wish she were here," I said. "

2 " Grover Underwood of the satyrs!" Dionysus called.Grover came forward nervously." Oh, stop chewing your shirt," Dionysus chided. " Honestly, I'm not going to blast you. For your bravery and sacrifice, blah, blah, blah, and since we have an unfortunate vacancy, the gods have seen fit to name you a member of the Council of Cloven Elders." Grover collapsed on the spot." Oh, wonderful," Dionysus sighed, as several naiads came forward to help Grover. " Well, when he wakes up, someone tell him that he will no longer be an outcast, and that all satyrs, naiads, and other spirits of nature will henceforth treat him as a lord of the Wild, with all rights, privileges, and honors, blah, blah, blah. Now please, drag him off before he wakes up and starts groveling." " FOOOOOD," Grover moaned, as the nature spirits carried him away.I figured he'd be okay. He would wake up as a lord of the Wild with a bunch of beautiful naiads taking care of him. Life could be worse. "