Hey, I'm being my generous self, giving you all the credit for a brilliant idea! You can thank me later when everyone's done showering you in gratefulness.

[ he even sounds like he means 200% of all of that...

staying silent can sometimes be a difficult feat for him, but he manages, staying right behind percy at least until the woman expresses their inability to pay them, and then he cuts in with, hey, don't worry, we're kind of used to working for free, so as long as you're not making us fight for the fate of the world we're good, and then turning to percy, ] Right?

[ not that he thinks percy's about to disagree. ]