( The words tumble flat out of his mouth, with no inflection whatsoever. But sparks jolt from his fingers, and a small bolt of lightning runs down his sword and hits the dirt with considerable force. Jason barely moves.
It's just so utterly, immediately unfair. Percy got to live with his mother, know her. Percy got to meet his father. Percy got to meet Jason's father. Jason's sister spent months of her life searching for Percy while she forgot her brother even existed. Percy's camp looked for him while Jason's assumed if he was weak enough to disappear, he wasn't worth the effort.
Stop it, he tells himself desperately. There's no point in this. And yet he has to clench his fists to keep from letting another lightning bolt loose, and suddenly he can't meet Percy's gaze. He looks up at the sky and glares openly at it. )
Forget everything I just said. I don't understand them at all.
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( The words tumble flat out of his mouth, with no inflection whatsoever. But sparks jolt from his fingers, and a small bolt of lightning runs down his sword and hits the dirt with considerable force. Jason barely moves.
It's just so utterly, immediately unfair. Percy got to live with his mother, know her. Percy got to meet his father. Percy got to meet Jason's father. Jason's sister spent months of her life searching for Percy while she forgot her brother even existed. Percy's camp looked for him while Jason's assumed if he was weak enough to disappear, he wasn't worth the effort.
Stop it, he tells himself desperately. There's no point in this. And yet he has to clench his fists to keep from letting another lightning bolt loose, and suddenly he can't meet Percy's gaze. He looks up at the sky and glares openly at it. )
Forget everything I just said. I don't understand them at all.