She had to face the fact that she couldn't protect everyone she loved. She couldn't solve every problem.

I wanted to keep things as normal as possible for the trainees, so I led my usual morning class. I called it Magic Problem-Solving 101. The trainees called it Whatever Works.

P.S. You'll have to meet with Dan's principal when you get back. He got in trouble for doing ninja moves in class. Don't worry. This happens all the time.

It was one of those and so they died/the end stories, that made us demigods feels all warm and fuzzy inside.-Percy

Good fighting with you, Seaweed Brain." Ditto.

He remembered his home now, and that gave him new determination to succeed. He was fighting for two camps now -- two families.

He’d learned years ago it was better not to dwell too much on who was related to whom on the godly side of things. After Tyson the Cyclops adopted him as a brother, Percy decided that that was about as far as he wanted to extend the family.