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Greek mythology: the god of fire and metalworking who needed a stick to walk
- Hephaestus simply split one's skull open and extracted whatever newborn god or goddess happened to be banging around in there.p. 116.4
- After addressing the disappearance of Miranda Gardiner—"As a precautionary measure, please stay away from the woods until we know more"—Chiron called forward the young son of Hephaestus to explain how the three-legged death race would work.p. 119.3
- It was the same look his father, Hephaestus, got whenever he invented some automaton that would later go berserk and start destroying cities.p. 122.7
- Harley ran back to the Hephaestus table to join his older sister, Nyssa.p. 123.5
- I was reminded of the time Hephaestus and I had to wrestle the god Hypnos back to bed after he sleepwalked into Artemis's private chambers on Mount Olympus.p. 147.9
- As was so often the case with Hephaestus's children, Harley was tinkering with some mechanical device, moving the springs and gears around.p. 151.8
- Never stop inventing, son of Hephaestus.p. 181.9
- The work of Hephaestus?p. 212.3
- Did you know the children of Hephaestus have a hidden workshop to the north called Bunker Nine?p. 223.5
- Its breath smelled worse than Hephaestus's work shirts.p. 230.8
- Believe me, the only thing that smells worse than Hephaestus's work shirts is a myrmeke boiling in its own shell.p. 231.7
- That's really more of Hephaestus's specialty."p. 317.0
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