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Not all powers are spectacular. Hestia looked at me. Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
Powers
Hardest
Master
Masters
Looked
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Sometimes
Yielding
Spectacular

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