In Chapters 13 and 14 of The Lightning Thief, our Trio explores an architectural marvel in St. Louis—and dives into some serious parental failures. Percy meets Echidna, Mother of Monsters, First of Her Name, and her charming lion-goat-snake-poison-and-fire-shooting son, the Chimera. After a true leap of faith, Percy plunges into the Mississippi, learning he a) can breathe underwater and b) should never to trust so-called gifts.

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