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Why won't you drown? he wailed, pummeling me with his fists. I'm Poseidon's son, I said. Curse that upstart! I was here first!

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