He looked like those paintings of baby angels

Rick Riordan
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He looked like those paintings of baby angels - what do you call them, hubbubs? No cherubs. That's it. He looked like a cherub who'd turned middle-aged in a trailer park. ✨ Rick Riordan (2006). The lightning thief
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