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“Very slowly using two fingers, Annabeth drew her dagger. Instead of dropping it, she tossed it as far as she could into the water.

Octavian made a squeaking sound. "What was that for? I didn't say toss it! That could've been evidence. Or spoils of war!"

Annabeth tried for a dumb-blonde smile, like: Oh, silly me. Nobody who knew her would have been fooled. But Octavian seemed to buy it. He huffed in exasperation.

"You other two..." He pointed his blade a Hazel and Piper. "Put your weapons on the dock. No funny bus--"

All around the Romans, Charleston Harbor erupted like a Las Vegas fountain putting on a show. When the wall of seawater subsided, the three Romans were in the bay, spluttering and frantically trying to stay afloat in their armor. Percy stood on the dock, holding Annabeth's dagger.

"You dropped this," he said, totally poker-faced.”
― rick riordan, The Mark of Athena

“I can hear the change in Kaz's breathing when he looks at you."
"You... you can?"
"It catches every time, like he's never seen you before.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“It's not natural for women to fight."
"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Ha descubierto además la otra cara de la violencia, la que nunca se menciona: la de quien mira y no hace nada. La de todos esos compañeros que se han acercado a ver el espectáculo pero han decidido no intervenir; la de los que, ante una pelea, solo saben sacar la cámara de su móvil para poder presumir después del momento; la de esos que ante un accidente prefieren hacer de todo menos ayudar; la de aquellos que ante una injusticia giran la cabeza hacia el otro lado, hacia donde no hay nada que ver.”
― Eloy Moreno, Invisible