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I was flying right toward him (the pig) at the speed of demigod-smashing.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
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Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
Pigs
Flying
Speed
Toward
Right
Demigod
Demigods
Smashing

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