[ Nope, no, that's okay, he's fine. No pinching necessary, thank you very much!
Percy's equally sure this likely isn't a dream because the usual markers of a demigod-dream-turned-vision-turned-warning-turned-prophecy aren't there. It feels almost too normal, too mundane. Nothing's coming in to jumpscare them, no god or goddess is making a grand entrance to bless them with their presence only to offer a really crappy deal and a sugar-coated threat of 'do it, or else'.
It's just two campers in a weird world, walking away from the stables.
So it's gotta be real. ]
— hold on. What did Zeus do to Apollo? 'Just won the Giant war'?
[ He leaves out the expletives this time. He is also starting to backtrack on that whole 'dream' thing. ]
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Percy's equally sure this likely isn't a dream because the usual markers of a demigod-dream-turned-vision-turned-warning-turned-prophecy aren't there. It feels almost too normal, too mundane. Nothing's coming in to jumpscare them, no god or goddess is making a grand entrance to bless them with their presence only to offer a really crappy deal and a sugar-coated threat of 'do it, or else'.
It's just two campers in a weird world, walking away from the stables.
So it's gotta be real. ]
— hold on. What did Zeus do to Apollo? 'Just won the Giant war'?
[ He leaves out the expletives this time. He is also starting to backtrack on that whole 'dream' thing. ]