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chapter iii. ( the lightning thief ) ❝ light's kin ❞
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THE TOILET INCIDENT SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE. Soon, campers were whispering and pointing at Percy as we passed them. The only thought that really stayed in my mind was that I might not have to tell my siblings.
Annabeth and I were still drenched from head to toe as we continued to show Percy around. He looked around with wide eyes and glanced at me in aghast when I showed him the climbing wall.
"Has anyone ever gotten to the top?" He asked me, and I arched an eyebrow.
"You're looking at one," I replied and continued walking. Percy frowned, muttering a few incoherent words before following.
We finally returned to the canoe lake, which had a trail that leads back to the cabins.
"Claire will be agreeing with me when I say we have training to do." Annabeth then said, glancing at me. "Dinner's at seven thirty. Just follow your cabin to the mess hall."
"Annabeth, Claire, I'm sorry about the toilets." Percy then said, and I looked to him.
"It doesn't matter." I said while Annabeth muttered a, "whatever."
"It wasn't my fault."
I arched an eyebrow at him and he faltered. It was his fault. I just don't know how, but it was.
"You need to talk to the Oracle." I then said, and Annabeth's gaze snapped to me.
"Who?"
"Not 'who'. What." I told him. "The Oracle. Annabeth and I'll ask Chiron."
I saw Percy stare down at the water, and I rolled my eyes when I saw two Naiads grinning and waving up at him. My eyes rolled even more when Percy waved back with a small grin.
"Don't encourage them." I was about to say but Annabeth got there first. "They're terrible flirts."
"Naiads," Percy repeated airily. "That's it. I want to go home now."
Annabeth frowned. "Don't you get it, Percy? You are home. This is the only safe place on earth for kids like us."
"You mean, mentally disturbed kids?"
I glared at him. "She means not human, Drool Boy. Not totally human, anyway. Half human."
