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Coach Hedge yelled,“Thar she blows! Kansas, ahoy!” “Holy Hephaestus,” Leo muttered. “He really needs to work on his shipspeak.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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