[ At that, Percy nods in understanding. ]

Yeah, same thing happened to me. It's been messing around with my — uh. Abilities too.

[ Are they powers? It feels weird to think of them that way, on account of them being such a natural part of him. It's not like he ate any weird fruit (devil's fruit, what) or fell into a vat of radioactive goo or was bitten by a genetically engineered seahorse. He was just born by a parent who happened to be a Greek god and now he can control water. ]

I don't think it's permanent though — or so I overheard. I didn't exactly ask for details.