in this case, emerging from some time in the river, as you do, and getting distracted on his way back to the place he shares with his friends. the distraction being, in this case, by the commotion down this particular street. he's older than luke ever saw him, nearly luke's age when they first met, all taller and leaner and more battle-scarred. wears his power more easily and his years more heavily.
and when luke turns to him, and percy really sees him, he looks like he's seen a ghost. can you blame him?
(and all at once he's angry, because in some ways he's not that different from luke.) ]
What do you think you're doing?
[ in every single way, this person seems to be luke. but percy's seen ghosts, and they're nothing like this. this can't be a case like hazel, either; the doors of death are closed. so what he thinks, of course, is trick.
(he remembers melinoe, in the underworld: soon, percy jackson, you will have many ghosts. and you will remember me. ) ]
revenge
in this case, emerging from some time in the river, as you do, and getting distracted on his way back to the place he shares with his friends. the distraction being, in this case, by the commotion down this particular street. he's older than luke ever saw him, nearly luke's age when they first met, all taller and leaner and more battle-scarred. wears his power more easily and his years more heavily.
and when luke turns to him, and percy really sees him, he looks like he's seen a ghost. can you blame him?
(and all at once he's angry, because in some ways he's not that different from luke.) ]
What do you think you're doing?
[ in every single way, this person seems to be luke. but percy's seen ghosts, and they're nothing like this. this can't be a case like hazel, either; the doors of death are closed. so what he thinks, of course, is trick.
(he remembers melinoe, in the underworld: soon, percy jackson, you will have many ghosts. and you will remember me. ) ]