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Thank you for tuning into another episode of the newest Olympian.

My name is Mike Schumer.

I'm the titular newest Olympian.

I'm a grown man who's never read the Percy Jackson books before, but I'm reading them currently for the very first time to determine if this is a book series that we've all been sleeping on as a society. But I'm not on this quest alone. I am joined by a very good friend of mine, a wonderful human being, the same guest from last time he's still here with me in the studio. It's Stephen Pardis. Stephen, how's it going? Oh, I'm doing great, Mike. You know,

I've rehydrated. I's Stephen Pardis. Stephen, how's it going? Oh, I'm doing great, Mike.

You know, I've rehydrated.

I did some jumping jacks.

Yes. The blood is flowing.

I'm ready to come back and tackle this chapter. Yes. If you are listening at home and you're thinking, wow, it really sounds like Stephen's blood is flowing better in this episode. Well, that's because he did jumping jacks and we're ready to roll.

So we are here to continue our coverage of the seventh chapter of the Sea of Monsters,

which is called I Accept Gifts from a Stranger. jumping jacks and we're ready to roll so we're here to continue our coverage of the seventh chapter

of the sea of monsters which is called i accept gifts from a stranger we've not met the stranger we've

not received the gifts but we will see them very soon and where we last left our heroes

clarice had been given the quest and percy was grumpy about it in his cabin he couldn't go to sleep

and he's leaving his cabin now breaking curfew And we resume now with Percy, leaving the cabin against the rules, so that he can go to the ocean where his thoughts will be clearer. Earlier, he had been describing in the cabin you could hear the sounds of the ocean, and he has decided to sneak out to try to clear his thoughts. You got to do what you got to do for your brain sometimes. And I support Percy doing this. Oh, yeah. So he gets to the beach. He spreads out a blanket, and he drinks a smuggled in Coke because he just can't deal with the magical, not real stuff, Coke. We have Coke at home. No, we don't. It just hits different. It does. He says, the narrator, quote, for some reason, sugar and caffeine always calmed down

by hyperactive brain.

And I googled if this was a thing.

And according to Healthline, it is.

They say multiple studies have suggested that caffeine consumption may help reduce symptoms

of ADHD.

This is most likely due to caffeine's effects on the dopamine on the dopaminergic. Yep, on the dopaminergic

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