[ she's right on both counts. it's been war since he was twelve years old, one and then the other. constant battle in the meantime, even now, up to just before the queen of this place had called him. half-bloods have to fight to survive every day of their lives. children with a strong aura, like those of zeus, or poseidon, or hades, attract monsters even more than others.
he pauses at that assessment, jaw clenching. he wants to say no, they aren't. he wants to say that the war -- the war with gaea, at least -- ended half a year ago. he was done with quests and wars, ready to leave them to others. but some of the things apollo recently found out about aren't exactly promising for the future, and -- well, he sees how he gave quill that impression. ]
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he pauses at that assessment, jaw clenching. he wants to say no, they aren't. he wants to say that the war -- the war with gaea, at least -- ended half a year ago. he was done with quests and wars, ready to leave them to others. but some of the things apollo recently found out about aren't exactly promising for the future, and -- well, he sees how he gave quill that impression. ]
Something like that.