Percy scowls. "I'm trying to explain, okay?" he bites out. Guilt pings him right after, and he can't tell if it's about what she said, or about what he did just now.

He shakes his head, cutting short his planned explanation. He doesn't need to get into it. "It's just from then. It's here because bringing it home would have meant explaining, and it's weird, and I just - it's important to me, but it's not a part of us. It doesn't need to be a part of us, or our home, so it's here."