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Mythologically speaking, if there's anything i hate worse than trios of old ladies, it's bulls. last summer, i fought the minotaur on top of half-blood hill. this time what i saw up there was even worse: two bulls. and not just regular bulls - bronze ones the size of elephants. and even that wasn't bad enough. naturally they had to breathe fire, too.
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Mythologically Speaking, If There's Anything I Hate

Rick Riordan
Mythologically speaking, if there's anything i hate worse than trios of old ladies, it's bulls. last summer, i fought the minotaur on top of half-blood hill. this time what i saw up there was even worse: two bulls. and not just regular bulls - bronze ones the size of elephants. and even that wasn't bad enough. naturally they had to breathe fire, too.
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