Yeah, if only you knew, Jacob. Because in a way it's true when you're a god and you have an oceanic castle and an entire realm under your rule, but he and his mom were anything but rich. Not that he ever thought to ask his mom about child support or alimony cheques or anything, because he was a kid, but also: they managed to get by despite everything. His very normal childhood might have been cut short on account of monsters trying to kill him and the power of the Mist growing weaker as he aged, but he has tons of good memories with his mom. He never really needed his dad, and maybe that's part of why he'd been so angry with him for so long.
It's the other stuff that snags his attention and saves him from having to start explaining gods and their kids, and how he's one of them, because he hears 'Queen Victoria' and 'new inventions' and despite his barely passing grade in 9th grade history, he knows that Queen Victoria's reign was a while ago. A long while ago. ]
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Percy almost laughs. Almost.
Yeah, if only you knew, Jacob. Because in a way it's true when you're a god and you have an oceanic castle and an entire realm under your rule, but he and his mom were anything but rich. Not that he ever thought to ask his mom about child support or alimony cheques or anything, because he was a kid, but also: they managed to get by despite everything. His very normal childhood might have been cut short on account of monsters trying to kill him and the power of the Mist growing weaker as he aged, but he has tons of good memories with his mom. He never really needed his dad, and maybe that's part of why he'd been so angry with him for so long.
It's the other stuff that snags his attention and saves him from having to start explaining gods and their kids, and how he's one of them, because he hears 'Queen Victoria' and 'new inventions' and despite his barely passing grade in 9th grade history, he knows that Queen Victoria's reign was a while ago. A long while ago. ]
— hold on, what year is it for you?