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entered Coach Hedge whistled. Now thats interesting. Gliding above them were multicolored jellyfish the size of trash cans each with hundreds of tentacles that looked like silky barbed wire. One jellyfish had a paralyzed tenfootlong swordfish tangled in its grasp. The jellyfish slowly wrapped its tendrils tighter and tighter around its prey. Kate beamed at Coach Hedge. You see Forget the whale sharks And theres much more. Kate led them into an even larger chamber lined with more aquariums. On one wall a glog red sign proclaimed: DEATH IN THE DEEP SEAS Sponsored by Monster Donut. Percy had to read the sign twice because of his dyslexia and then twice more to let the message sink in. Monster Donut Oh yes Kate said. One of our corporate sponsors. Percy gulped. His last experience with Monster Donut hadnt been pleasant. It had involved acidspitting serpent heads much screaming and a cannon. In one aquarium a dozen hippocampihorses with the tails of fishdrifted aimlessly. Percy had seen many hippocampi in the wild. Hed even ridden a few; but he had never seen any in an aquarium. He tried to speak with them but they just floated around occasionally bonking against the glass. Their minds seemed addled. This isnt right Percy muttered. He turned and saw something even worse. At the bottom of a smaller tank two Nereidsfemale sea spiritssat crosslegged facing each other playing a game of Go Fish. They looked incredibly bored. Their long green hair floated listlessly around their faces. Their eyes were half closed. Percy felt so angry he could hardly breathe. He glared at Kate. How can you keep them here I know. Kate sighed. They arent very interesting. We tried to teach them some tricks but with no luck Im afraid. I think youll like this tank over here much better. Percy started to protest but Kate had already moved on. Holy mother of goats cried Coach Hedge. Look at these beauties He was gawking at two sea serpentsthirtyfootlong monsters with glog blue scales and jaws that could have bitten a whale shark in half. In another tank peeking out from its cement cave was a squid the size of an eighteenwheeler with a beak like a giant bolt cutter. A third tank held a dozen humanoid creatures with sleek seal bodies doglike faces and human hands. They sat on the sand at the bottom of the tank building things out of Legos though the creatures seemed just as dazed as the Nereids.