Quote 1, from the series Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard:

I had no clue why the statue was in the middle of Boston, but I figured it couldn't be a coincidence that Uncle Randolph grew up to study Vikings. He lived here his whole life. He's probably looked at a leaf every day out the window. Maybe as a child Randolph had thought, Someday, I want to study Vikings. Men who wear metal bras are cool!

-Page 15, the Sword of Summer

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