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  • She rummaged in her pack and pulled out Daedalus's laptop.†   (source)
  • Command sequence: Daedalus Twenty-three.†   (source)
  • Daedalus stretched the frame, and the wings expanded to twenty feet.†   (source)
  • One of Daedalus's ideas," Annabeth said.†   (source)
  • Daedalus picked up another one of the boy's metal bugs.†   (source)
  • When his left wing was sealed to the straps, Daedalus began working on the right.†   (source)
  • Command sequence: Daedalus Twenty-three.†   (source)
  • You helped the Athenian kill my Minotaur, Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Command sequence: Daedalus Twenty-three.†   (source)
  • I saw dreams about ...Daedalus killed his nephew.†   (source)
  • Daedalus had so many ideas, I could spend fifty years just trying to figure them all out.†   (source)
  • You have studied the techniques of Daedalus himself.†   (source)
  • If Daedalus is alive, we convince him to help us, not Luke.†   (source)
  • The giants came right at Daedalus, but Mrs. O'Leary leaped to his defense.†   (source)
  • Daedalus will be building overpasses and exit ramps in Asphodel for all time.†   (source)
  • Do you really believe Daedalus will help you?†   (source)
  • We have to get to Daedalus's workshop first.†   (source)
  • You really are crazy if you think Daedalus will help you.†   (source)
  • Daedalus set his sword on the workbench.†   (source)
  • Annabeth said hesitantly, "we're looking for Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Daedalus had barred them from the inside with a wooden brace, but still they shook on their hinges.†   (source)
  • Report back to me, and I will tell you what you need to know about Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Daedalus has been kind to us, Your Majesty.†   (source)
  • I'd just watched the guy we were looking for, Daedalus, murder his own nephew.†   (source)
  • "Smarter than me," Daedalus mumbled, too soft for the boy to hear.†   (source)
  • "Yes, my young architect," Daedalus agreed.†   (source)
  • "Daedalus cares nothing for you, half-bloods," Minos warned.†   (source)
  • If anyone would have kept up with Daedalus and could tell you his fate, it is Hephaestus.†   (source)
  • They didn't make any sense to me, but Daedalus nodded grudgingly.†   (source)
  • We must be close to Daedalus's workshop," she said.†   (source)
  • She licked my face once, then almost knocked Daedalus over with an .†   (source)
  • "Small compensation for the way I have acted," Daedalus said.†   (source)
  • But, Daedalus ...the Titan army is still down there.†   (source)
  • Daedalus's workshop would be in the oldest part.†   (source)
  • "A place I swore never to enter, again," Daedalus said.†   (source)
  • I know Daedalus's Labyrinth better than anybody.†   (source)
  • Looking for Daedalus is a waste of time.†   (source)
  • I am not sure, but I fear they seek to make a deal with Daedalus.†   (source)
  • And the child of Athena's final stand-that was Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Instead of getting mad, Daedalus hung his head.†   (source)
  • Daedalus turned toward Nico, who drew his sword.†   (source)
  • But you don't even look like Daedalus," I protested.†   (source)
  • Daedalus and his son froze, their metal wings glimmering on their backs.†   (source)
  • Daedalus was the world's greatest inventor.†   (source)
  • I researched everything I could find about Daedalus.†   (source)
  • I reckon you'll be looking for Daedalus's workshop now?†   (source)
  • Daedalus stepped in, carrying a traveler's bag.†   (source)
  • Trading Daedalus's soul for your sister's.†   (source)
  • Automatons, thinking machines ....What if Kronos wishes Daedalus to make him a new form?†   (source)
  • If Daedalus died ...he said his life force was tied to the Labyrinth.†   (source)
  • I looked at the massive black hound, who whimpered pitifully, still licking Daedalus's hair.†   (source)
  • One threw his sword in desperation, but Daedalus and Icarus were already out of reach.†   (source)
  • "You know, my lord," Aelia said, "Daedalus thought you would come.†   (source)
  • Daedalus was a great inventor, a mortal after Hephaestus's heart.†   (source)
  • We must have more time," Daedalus murmured.†   (source)
  • "This was not part of our agreement," Daedalus said.†   (source)
  • A smile of relief spread across Daedalus's face.†   (source)
  • Apparently Daedalus was not at home, but the workshop looked like it had been recently used.†   (source)
  • Thought you'd like to know, Daedalus got his punishment.†   (source)
  • I will lead the quest to find Daedalus's workshop.†   (source)
  • "I found the Hundred-Handed One as I came through the maze," Daedalus explained.†   (source)
  • "The mark of Daedalus," she said, as if that was supposed to make sense.†   (source)
  • You will pay now and forever Suddenly Daedalus collapsed in agony.†   (source)
  • "The wax compound should hold for several hours," Daedalus said nervously as his son worked.†   (source)
  • It was a navigation instrument of some kind, invented by Daedalus.†   (source)
  • "The Labyrinth has been busy," Daedalus corrected.†   (source)
  • He'd already gotten the string from Daedalus.†   (source)
  • A woman's stern voice spoke from above: You will pay the price for that, Daedalus.†   (source)
  • She'd brought Daedalus's laptop with her, of course.†   (source)
  • Daedalus was nothing compared to me—the immortal sorceress, daughter of Helios, sister of Circe!†   (source)
  • She doubted the ghosts would wait while she whipped out Daedalus's laptop and did a search.†   (source)
  • When the tunnel network collapsed after Daedalus died, Percy had been relieved.†   (source)
  • Guys, this is bigger than Daedalus's laptop.†   (source)
  • Random thoughts glinted in her mind, like gold nuggets coming to the surface: Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Her backpack was missing, along with Daedalus's laptop.†   (source)
  • It was dangerous enough before, under Daedalus'; control, and he wasn't evil.†   (source)
  • She took out Daedalus's laptop and opened it.†   (source)
  • Daedalus once told her that his maze had a life of its own.†   (source)
  • Daedalus had created it to be a living, growing maze.†   (source)
  • You credit Daedalus with all the maze's secrets?†   (source)
  • She dug around in her backpack, brought out Daedalus's laptop, and typed in a few commands.†   (source)
  • Later, the same empousa had attacked them in Daedalus's workshop.†   (source)
  • She'd been studying the bronze map for days now, scouring Daedalus's laptop for information.†   (source)
  • I remembered Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Few stories from Greek mythology capture the imagination like that of Daedalus and Icarus: the ingenious father's attempt to save his son from a tyrant as well as from his own invention (the labyrinth) by coming up with an even more marvelous creation; the solemn parental warning ignored in a burst of youthful exuberance; the fall from a great height; a father's terrible grief and guilt.†   (source)
  • Since Daedalus died ...I don't know.†   (source)
  • "I never liked Daedalus," I muttered.†   (source)
  • In the old days, you couldn't take a step inside Daedalus's Labyrinth without sensing its all-consuming desire: I will destroy your mind and your body.†   (source)
  • As in Daedalus's Labyrinth?†   (source)
  • I have Daedalus's notes," she said.†   (source)
  • One of Daedalus's inventions?†   (source)
  • I promised you the way to Daedalus.†   (source)
  • I told him about everything-Luke's invasion plan, the Labyrinth entrance at camp, Daedalus's workshop, Kronos's golden coffin.†   (source)
  • I used the tourist binocular camera to look up at the hill where Daedalus's workshop had been, but it had vanished.†   (source)
  • The old man Daedalus was hunched over a worktable, wrestling with some kind of navigational instrument, like a huge compass.†   (source)
  • I don't know if Daedalus will help you, lad, but don't judge someone until you've stood at his forge and worked with his hammer, eh?†   (source)
  • She would tend to Chiron until his leg was fully recovered, and keep studying Daedalus's laptop, which had engrossed her for the last two months.†   (source)
  • Daedalus was fighting his way out of the Labyrinth, slashing down enemies left and right as he made his way toward us.†   (source)
  • Mrs. O'Leary and Daedalus were still locked in combat with the giants, and I could hear shouting in the tunnel.†   (source)
  • I have worried for some time that Kronos may be looking for Daedalus for a different reason, not just passage through the maze.†   (source)
  • "You tell Daedalus," Minos growled.†   (source)
  • Someone must enter the Labyrinth, find the workshop of Daedalus, and prevent Luke from using the maze to invade this camp.†   (source)
  • "And you did," Annabeth marveled, "for two thousand years," She sounded kind of impressed, despite the horrible things Daedalus had done.†   (source)
  • Daedalus died to destroy the Labyrinth.†   (source)
  • Daedalus grabbed for his sword, but the second giant smashed the workbench with his fist, and the sword went flying.†   (source)
  • Daedalus said, scratching Mrs. O'Leary behind the ears: "My only companion all these long lonely years?†   (source)
  • And Daedalus ...even though he'd done some terrible things and put everybody I cared about at risk, it still seemed like a pretty horrible way to die.†   (source)
  • I wanted to see Daedalus for myself.†   (source)
  • "Go on, Perdix," Daedalus said softly.†   (source)
  • "No, my boy," Daedalus said sharply.†   (source)
  • Yeah, but the architecture to the right-those old stones-that's more likely to lead to an ancient part of the maze, toward Daedalus's workshop.†   (source)
  • Daedalus scowled up at the heavens.†   (source)
  • We've got to get to Daedalus first.†   (source)
  • Mrs. O'Leary loomed behind him, licking the wounds on his master's head so Daedalus's hair stood up funny.†   (source)
  • Grover touched a tiny scratch, and it became a Greek A. The mark of Daedalus glowed blue, and the stone wall grinded open.†   (source)
  • Annabeth, you said 'convince Daedalus'?†   (source)
  • We're going after Daedalus," I said.†   (source)
  • I told Rachel about the Labyrinth, and how we needed to find Daedalus....I told her what had happened the last few times we'd gone in.†   (source)
  • "A painless death," Daedalus mused.†   (source)
  • If we don't get to Daedalus first—†   (source)
  • If you find Daedalus, don't trust him.†   (source)
  • Eurytion studied the cattle guard, and I got the feeling the subject of Daedalus's workshop made him uncomfortable.†   (source)
  • "You really are Daedalus," I decided.†   (source)
  • He's searching for Daedalus's workshop?†   (source)
  • What have you done with Daedalus?†   (source)
  • Then he turned again to Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Daedalus's Labyrinth is so huge.†   (source)
  • He fixed his gaze on Daedalus.†   (source)
  • windows of Daedalus's workshop.†   (source)
  • Daedalus spoke to you about me?†   (source)
  • What have you done with Daedalus?†   (source)
  • If Luke managed to find the workshop and convince Daedalus to help him, Luke wouldn't have to fumble around searching for paths, or risk losing his army in the maze's traps.†   (source)
  • Maybe it was a dream within my dream, but suddenly I imagined the two-headed god Janus shimmering in the air next to Daedalus, smiling as he tossed a silver key from hand to hand.†   (source)
  • Chiron raised an eyebrow when he saw Nico, but if I expected him to be surprised by our latest news about Quintus being Daedalus, or Kronos rising, I was mistaken.†   (source)
  • When we got to the entrance, I saw the mark of Daedalus engraved on the padlock, though how Rachel had seen something so tiny all the way from the highway I had no idea.†   (source)
  • There are rumors ...well, there are many disturbing rumors about Daedalus, but one is that he disappeared back into the Labyrinth toward the end of his life.†   (source)
  • In the constant moaning of the Labyrinth, I thought I could hear the anguished cry of Daedalus calling his son's name, as Icarus, his only joy, plummeted toward the sea, three hundred feet below.†   (source)
  • It's got the mark of Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Daedalus's hands clenched.†   (source)
  • Daedalus started well enough.†   (source)
  • Will Daedalus even help us?†   (source)
  • "Daedalus?" the god roared.†   (source)
  • Daedalus worked furiously.†   (source)
  • I'm still very much Daedalus.†   (source)
  • You are harboring Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Daedalus sheathed his sword.†   (source)
  • Daedalus should die.†   (source)
  • Daedalus said sadly.†   (source)
  • Daedalus!†   (source)
  • "Daedalus," he croaked.†   (source)
  • I am Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Daedalus's jaw clenched.†   (source)
  • "Perhaps," Daedalus said.†   (source)
  • Daedalus called.†   (source)
  • Daedalus called.†   (source)
  • We have to help Daedalus!†   (source)
  • But a way to Daedalus?†   (source)
  • Daedalus nodded.†   (source)
  • Daedalus nodded.†   (source)
  • Now where is DAEDALUS?†   (source)
  • Daedalus scowled.†   (source)
  • "Yes," Daedalus muttered.†   (source)
  • Daedalus asked.†   (source)
  • Daedalus growled.†   (source)
  • Daedalus nodded.†   (source)
  • Daedalus unfurled it.†   (source)
  • "Yes," Daedalus said.†   (source)
  • I know you seek Daedalus.†   (source)
  • We need to find Daedalus.†   (source)
  • Daedalus's workshop.†   (source)
  • Daedalus is dead.†   (source)
  • Isn't Daedalus dead?†   (source)
  • She hated losing Daedalus's laptop, with all its fantastic programs and data, but she had worse problems.†   (source)
  • After two years, a typical laptop would have been out of date, but Annabeth figured Daedalus's machine was still about fifty years ahead of its time.†   (source)
  • I thought the Labyrinth collapsed during that battle at Camp HalfBlood—like, it was connected to Daedalus's life force or something, and then he died.†   (source)
  • Daedalus ...like, the Daedalus?†   (source)
  • While Arachne wasn't watching, she attempted to get some sort of signal on Daedalus's laptop to contact her friends, but of course she had no luck.†   (source)
  • I knew Daedalus.†   (source)
  • She could try contacting someone with Daedalus's laptop, but she doubted she could get a signal down here.†   (source)
  • She thought about the statues in New York City during the Titan War, which had come to life thanks to Daedalus's command sequence twenty-three.†   (source)
  • She sat on her bunk, using one of Daedalus's 3-D-rendering programs to study a model of the Parthenon in Athens.†   (source)
  • She spent most of her time in her cabin, studying the bronze map she'd retrieved from Fort Sumter, or looking up information on Daedalus's laptop.†   (source)
  • When Daedalus died in the Battle of the Labyrinth, the entire maze had collapsed—or so Annabeth believed.†   (source)
  • A few years ago, Percy and she had gone on a quest in Daedalus's labyrinth—a secret network of tunnels and rooms, heavily enchanted and trapped, which ran under all the cities of America.†   (source)
  • She had her backpack with Daedalus's laptop, a water bottle, a few pieces of ambrosia for emergencies, and a box of matches—probably useless, but her dad had drilled into her head that she should always have a way to make fire.†   (source)
  • She had talked to nature spirits, read legends about Rome, dug for clues on Daedalus's notebook, and spent hundreds of golden drachmas on Iris-messages to every friendly spirit, demigod, or monster she'd ever met, all with no luck.†   (source)
  • So deceptive was the invention, that Daedalus himself, when he had finished it, was scarcely able to find his way back to the entrance.†   (source)
  • Daedalus simply presented her with a skein of linen thread, which the visiting hero might fix to the entrance and unwind as he went into the maze.†   (source)
  • And so Daedalus again was summoned, this time by the king, to construct a tremendous labyrinthine enclosure, with blind passages, in which to hide the thing away.†   (source)
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