Percy stormed over to the magical cooler. No one tried to stop him. He knocked open the lid and rummaged through the ice. There had to be one. Please. He was rewarded with a silver-and- red can of soda. He brandished it at the dolphin warriors as if spraying them with bug repellent.
"Behold!" Percy shouted. "The gods chosen beverage. Tremble before the horror of Diet Coke!"
The dolphin-men began to panic.
