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You teach combat, I guess.” Aphros threw up his hands in exasperation. “Why does everyone assume that?” Leo glanced at the massive sword on the fish-guy’s back. “Uh, I don’t know.
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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Richard Russell Riordan
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