Nico takes the box, pulling out one of the snack cakes and holding the rest against his side with his elbow. He'd say thanks but he's very busy rustling one open.
When he was younger, he'd been jealous of Orpheus, in a way. He'd always thought, why had his father let Orpheus try to resurrect some lady, but he stopped Nico from bringing Bianca out of the Underworld? Or his mother, who Hades had loved? But then all the rules came crashing down around their ears when Gaea gained control of the Doors of Death, and in the confusion Hades had quietly allowed him to walk out of the fields of Asphodel with a sister he'd never met. He had even shown Nico the secret of where she could go to be safe, and Nico found that the old anger had drained away at some point when he wasn't paying attention.
He still can't stop the derisive snort that pops out of him, though. "Yeah, that's not going to happen. Dad's not really a second chances kind of god." Nico considers her briefly, nibbling on his Twinkie. He sorta wants to hear Orpheus' music, and he sorta doesn't. It's like being sure that something won't be good for you, but you just want to know how it feels anyway. "Time moves differently here?" Sherman Yang hasn't been head of the Ares Cabin for 7 months yet, so Nico knows it can't have been that long since he last saw Clarisse.
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When he was younger, he'd been jealous of Orpheus, in a way. He'd always thought, why had his father let Orpheus try to resurrect some lady, but he stopped Nico from bringing Bianca out of the Underworld? Or his mother, who Hades had loved? But then all the rules came crashing down around their ears when Gaea gained control of the Doors of Death, and in the confusion Hades had quietly allowed him to walk out of the fields of Asphodel with a sister he'd never met. He had even shown Nico the secret of where she could go to be safe, and Nico found that the old anger had drained away at some point when he wasn't paying attention.
He still can't stop the derisive snort that pops out of him, though. "Yeah, that's not going to happen. Dad's not really a second chances kind of god." Nico considers her briefly, nibbling on his Twinkie. He sorta wants to hear Orpheus' music, and he sorta doesn't. It's like being sure that something won't be good for you, but you just want to know how it feels anyway. "Time moves differently here?" Sherman Yang hasn't been head of the Ares Cabin for 7 months yet, so Nico knows it can't have been that long since he last saw Clarisse.