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What in the world are you thinking?” She sounded pretty flustered. “I try not to think,” Leo admitted. “It interferes with being nuts. Just concentrate on moving that Celestial bronze. Echo, you ready?

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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
Trying
Celestial
Think
Echoes
Thinking
Concentrate
Flustered
World
Interfere
Interferes
Nuts
Bronze
Ready
Admitted
Pretty
Echo
Moving
Sounded

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