"No way!" Jason groaned. "This is really unfair. I was about to say that!"
Nico raised his eyebrows.
"Uh, not that we're unhappy to see you," Jason added quickly.
"Me and my sister used to say riddles," Nico said wistfully.
"Why don't you join?" Hazel vacated her spot. "I am really bad at these."
Nico hesitatingly sat down. "Uh...okay."
"I don't think anybody's gonna win," Percy commented. "If people keep joining." He noticed Grover and Nico, and quickly added, "Not that we don't enjoy you guys hanging around."
"Wow. I feel so welcomed," Grover said. "Just a warning to you all, I'm fair competition. I know every riddle in the book!"
"They have riddle books?" Hazel wondered out loud.
"Dudes, less conversation and more listening! What's the next riddle?" Leo looked expectantly at Annabeth.
She bit her lip. "Okay...
"It's more powerful than God. It's more evil than the devil. The poor have it. The rich need it. If you eat it, you'll die. What am I?"
"Uh, technically, is it, you know, God from the bible or just like any god or goddess?" Percy asked.
Annabeth shrugged. "God. Bible."
"The poor have it," Jason mulled. "Uh, poverty?"
"Is that really more powerful than God?" Leo scoffed. "There's absolutely nothing..."
Annabeth concealed a grin.