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1 " It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn "
― James Patterson
2 " You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. " Your eyebrows get all scrunched together." " You are not going to die while I owe you a favor," I said. " Why did you take that knife?" " You would've done the same for me." It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod." How did you know?" " Know what?" I looked around to make sure we were alone. Then I leaned in close and whispered: " My Achilles spot. If you hadn't taken that knife, I would've died." She got a faraway look in her eyes. Her breath smelled like grapes, maybe from the nectar. " I don't know, Percy. I just had this feeling you were in danger. Where... where is the spot?" I wasn't supposed to tell anyone. But this was Annabeth. If I couldn't trust her, I couldn't trust anyone. " The small of my back." She lifted her hand. " Where? Here?" She put her hand on my spine, and my skin tingled. I moved her fingers to the one spot that grounded me to my mortal life. A thousand volts of electricity seemed to arc through my body. " You saved me." I said. " Thanks." She removed her hand, but I kept holding it. " So you owe me," she said weakly. " What else is new? "
