Nico scowled. Its none of your business, but I dont belong. Thats obvious. No one wants me. Im a child of Oh, please. Will sounded unusually angry. Nobody at Camp Half-Blood ever pushed you away. You have friends or at least people who would like to be your friend. You pushed yourself away. If youd get your head out of that brooding cloud of yours for once
Yeah, okay. But, Nico, you do choose how to live your life. You want to trust somebody? Maybe take a risk that I'm really your friend and I'll accept you. It's better than hiding.
Theyd welcomed him aboard their ship. Nico had never allowed himself the luxury of friends, but the crew of the Argo II was as close as hed ever come. The idea of any of them dying made him feel empty like he was back in the giants bronze jar, alone in the dark, subsisting only on sour pomegranate seeds.
Too bad Jason wasnt a metal automaton. At least then Leo would have some idea of how to help his best friend. But with humans Leo felt helpless. They broke way too easily.