[ Complicated - that's how he'd describe the relationship with Percy but he wouldn't call him a friend if Nico didn't trust him at least a little. Trust him to watch his back or if he needed something.

Percy knows basically every part of his story and abilities even if there are things they haven't gone into detail about. If one person can understand the horrors of Tartarus - it's that guy. He could probably show up at Percy's place in the middle of the night and they could just... sit there and talk about it if he wanted.

That gets a snort out of Nico. ] Better people have tried but I'll do my best. I'm sure he's made a bunch of friends already too.

[ Meaning he can reach out to those friends if need be. When the other moves to touch him, he doesn't even flinch or move - just lets it happen. Which is a pretty big deal for Nico. There's no way he misses the same action from the scene earlier. ]

Yeah, another time.