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Leo waited while the fish centaur put away his supplies. Aphros's lobster-claw horns kept swimming around in his thick hair, and Leo had to resist the urge to try and rescue them.

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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
Around
Resist
Lobster
Trying
Swimming
Claws
Thick
Waited
Fish
Horns
Fishes
Supplies
Kept
Urge
Centaur
Hair
Rescue
Centaurs
Away
Urges
Claw

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