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Over the roar of the storm, I could hear the blue-robed one
yelling at the green-robed one, Give it back! Give it back! Like
a kindergartner fighting for his toy.   The ground shook.
Laughter came from somewhere under the earth, and a voice so
deep and evil it turned my blood to ice.  Come down, little
hero, the voice crooned. Come down! (9.19-23)  Percy has a
series of dreams throughout the story that seem to grow more and
more violent and visceral. This is the first vivid dream that we
hear about, and we can interpret it as Zeus and Poseidon
fighting. Zeus's symbol is the eagle. Poseidon's symbol is the
horse. They are fighting in Percy's dream perhaps because they
are fighting up on Mount Olympus. This tells us that Percy is
incredibly powerful – even before he knows that he is a half-
blood or what that even means, he's dreaming about the gods.
Gradually, his dreams become used to communicate or spy on
something in the Underworld.  Quote #5  M