Sometimes I wonder how any demigod has become an adult. [ A heavy sigh. It's not all bad, all of the time but it certainly has more than its suffering and he knows it isn't just demigods who have suffered but most mortals don't have to see the monsters. He doesn't have much dealings with Aphrodite but Eros was more interested in getting him to admit his real feelings so this could be the goddess. Just doing it to stir things up.

Either way, Nico doesn't want to see either of them anytime soon. ]

Pretty sure if you'd gone missing again, Annabeth would've raised the alarm at camp even if she had to fly in. [ What with the lines of normal communication being terrible lately and all. A curious look. ] Mrs. O'Leary?

[ Had Percy said "he", Nico would've guessed Blackjack and if Hazel was here with her horse it had better have been the first thing out of the older demigod's mouth. ] Apollo leaving camp on a quest of his very own.

[ Nico doesn't bring up Leo or Calypso just yet, in case Percy doesn't know. ]