[ Oops. He catches that mood shift, the way the silence seems to linger and slowly touch the edges of awkward. If Iris wasn't going to say anything, Percy would have.
Thankfully he deals pretty well with turning awkward situations into regular ones. Or stupid ones. He excels at stupid ones. ]
I was just asking 'cause there are a lot of rules about how much we can move around this place, and for how long, and all that kind of stuff. It's ... kind of annoying.
[ He keeps that last bit a little under his breath, loud enough so only Iris can hear him. Unlike his companion, Percy is so used to having free reign of travel, sometimes it feels a little bit like he might float away without the tether of Camp and his mom in New York to keep him grounded. It's awesome though, and he wouldn't have it any other way, and being restricted to the castle's confines aside from short day trips and allowances to Nocwich have him feeling a little itchy. ]
But — [ And he says it like it's a reassurance to Iris, but honestly it's kind of reassurance for himself. ] — that's kinda what we have the Horizon for, even if it's really not the same. I dunno if someone's told you about that yet. But yeah, I mean aside from all that, it is pretty nice.
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[ Oops. He catches that mood shift, the way the silence seems to linger and slowly touch the edges of awkward. If Iris wasn't going to say anything, Percy would have.
Thankfully he deals pretty well with turning awkward situations into regular ones. Or stupid ones. He excels at stupid ones. ]
I was just asking 'cause there are a lot of rules about how much we can move around this place, and for how long, and all that kind of stuff. It's ... kind of annoying.
[ He keeps that last bit a little under his breath, loud enough so only Iris can hear him. Unlike his companion, Percy is so used to having free reign of travel, sometimes it feels a little bit like he might float away without the tether of Camp and his mom in New York to keep him grounded. It's awesome though, and he wouldn't have it any other way, and being restricted to the castle's confines aside from short day trips and allowances to Nocwich have him feeling a little itchy. ]
But — [ And he says it like it's a reassurance to Iris, but honestly it's kind of reassurance for himself. ] — that's kinda what we have the Horizon for, even if it's really not the same. I dunno if someone's told you about that yet. But yeah, I mean aside from all that, it is pretty nice.
[ Better than Tartarus any day. c': ]