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[yearrounder]

[Sigh. Really, Annabeth should be used to losing people by now, but, well. She never expected that it would be Percy. He's always been there. He's supposed to be impossible to get rid of. Maybe she'd been getting too complacent, which seems more than a little bit ridiculous for her life. And for a place like this. But she's supposed to be able to count on him.

...right?

She's quiet at first, but sighs once again before she starts speaking.]

I...don't know how many people he knew, but it looks like Percy Jackson left. He wasn't here for very long, but he was the one in the lake. That's pretty memorable, right? [Maybe not. People here can do all kinds of things.]

Anyway. I figured I should tell someone. In case anyone needs to know or anything. I'd want to know.

[She cuts it off there before it can get any more ridiculous.]

Comments

Re: audio

[yearrounder]

Yeah. It's...a long story.

audio

[am_i_a_monster]

You don't have to tell it if you don't want to.

I know what it's like to be different or have everyone think you're different.

I'm sorry he had to go back to that.

Re: audio

[yearrounder]

I really don't think he cares about that part, just about being left alone.

audio

[am_i_a_monster]

Maybe he's okay then? In some deep ocean where no one can bug him?

Re: audio

[yearrounder]

Sure, if Manhattan counts as an ocean.

...he better be studying.

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[am_i_a_monster]

Studying could be good too. I always wanted to go to college.

Re: audio

[yearrounder]

Why can't you?

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[am_i_a_monster]

I don't think there's a college here, is there? And I never technically finished high school.

Re: audio

[yearrounder]

Yeah I guess that would do it.

You could always go back. Lots of people do that.

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[am_i_a_monster]

[Abigail shakes her head.]

No, there'd be nothing like that for me if I went back to my world.

Re: audio

[yearrounder]

Oh. Sorry.