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Vol. 2-15: I have some severe internalized homophobia

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Unfortunately, I think I realized Percy is a pretty good guy. Which sucks, since he's so fucking annoying. But, I don't want him to turn out like other men. So I told him that. Just like I don't want Nico to turn out like other men, either. I want to stop that before it even happens.

[I told Annabeth to go away while I record these next few chapters. I don't want her hearing about all of this.]

Percy got out of the Porsche a little while later to go talk to Thalia. I was kind of glad he left, since I was in my feelings again and didn't want to be around him for that.

A few hours later, everyone passed out, which was nice but kind of lonely. I could only hear the sounds of the train running throughout the United States. We were definitely moving faster than one should expect. I had a feeling we ran into a god rather than a hobo.

I decided to peek at the other cars a bit more. I hate the rich, so I was taking apart all of these cards in really annoying ways, but making it so that they weren't very easy to fix or even diagnose the problem. Sure, the steering wheel was obvious. But, I also fucked up some of the mechanics of the wheel and got everything criss-crossed, so when they did reattach the steering wheel, the alignment was gonna be all fucked up.

Grover and Percy were passed out in a Lamborghini. Go figure. I guess Grover got tired of playing race-car-driver, and now, he was asleep, his furry end stuck up in the air like a baby in a crib. Percy had a line of drool flowing out the corner of his mouth, also like a baby.

Zoe and Bianca had taken up a new Ferrari, since Grover made poison ivy sprout out of the Lexus. They were also passed out, but in a much more classy way. I noticed just how young Bianca really looked- only twelve years old, and she's serving a goddess for all time.

Thalia was still in her Mercedes, definitely awake, which was kind of surprising. She had some Green Day playing, which I approved of, but her face was really angry, so I had a feeling Percy went to go pry her for trauma, too. I rapped on the window three times and she jumped up, nearly hitting her head on the roof. She stared at me in shock and anger as I made a sign with my fingers, but she looked at me in confusion.

I frowned. "You don't know sign language?"

She rolled down the window. "Why the fuck would I know sign language?"

"It's a good skill in battle," I replied. "I asked if I could come in."

"I guess."

I crawled around to the other side and had to adjust the passenger seat for my legs before I crawled in. Thalia rolled the window back up and turned the music up slightly, which I enjoyed.

"Let me guess. Percy was here."

She scoffed. "How'd you know?"

"You look angry, and the seat was pushed up really far."

She nodded. "Yeah. He was." She spoke in a very short tone.

"Yeah... I'm guessing he talked to you about something you don't like." Thalia raised her eyebrows and nodded softly. "I know because he talked to me just before he talked to you."