[there being a group of people that have been help-me-Obi-Wanned into going to an alien world to help strange people with unknown motives against an unnamed threat.
percy has to bite back the urge to say story of my life. because, honestly (alien worlds aside). if it isn't one of the gods, it's another; if it's not titans, it's giants, or evil gods, or ancient roman emperors, or plain old monsters. this queen had reminded percy powerfully of hecate, for all that he barely knows the goddess -- that's really hazel's department -- and he still doesn't quite buy that she's some mortal woman with a gemstone. ]
I know what you mean. [ which is an admission, despite himself. ] It's important we look out for each other. It's not like anyone else is going to do it for us, and we're all in the same boat. Even the queen is only going to want us around as long as we're useful to her, and there's no telling if she actually cares what happens to us as long as she gets what she wants. Little details like how many of us survive might not be real high on her list of priorities.
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[ there being a group of people that have been help-me-Obi-Wanned into going to an alien world to help strange people with unknown motives against an unnamed threat.
percy has to bite back the urge to say story of my life. because, honestly (alien worlds aside). if it isn't one of the gods, it's another; if it's not titans, it's giants, or evil gods, or ancient roman emperors, or plain old monsters. this queen had reminded percy powerfully of hecate, for all that he barely knows the goddess -- that's really hazel's department -- and he still doesn't quite buy that she's some mortal woman with a gemstone. ]
I know what you mean. [ which is an admission, despite himself. ] It's important we look out for each other. It's not like anyone else is going to do it for us, and we're all in the same boat. Even the queen is only going to want us around as long as we're useful to her, and there's no telling if she actually cares what happens to us as long as she gets what she wants. Little details like how many of us survive might not be real high on her list of priorities.