Will

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I realize now, how Leo really thinks of himself. His fatal flaw. It all clicks. "Leo. Let me be honest. You are so important. To camp, to me, The Seven, and way more. Leo, you may not see it, but everyone else does. You are important. You use humor to cope. And I know you know that you know that." I say, pausing to let it sink in. I see him near tears, but I keep talking. "And I know why you think you're not important. How you're the last wheel. It's because your fatal flaw is inferiority. Nemesis told you that. You believed her." I see tears fall down his face onto his cheeks, that then fall down past his jaw. He wipes them away and chokes out, "you really think so?" Then wiping his eyes again says, "Wait. How did you know that Nemesis told me that. I didn't tell anyone..not that I can remember anyways.." I nod, confirming he hadn't told anyone. Then replied, "you fell asleep one day in the middle of the woods and I was going to take you to your cabin and you said in your sleep 'Nemesis, do you think I'm really useless..?' So I wrote it down incase you get in the infirmary so I could ask you about it in private. I don't mean to invade your privacy."

"Hey guys." Nico said, making both me and Leo jump. "Nico, I'm seriously going to have Harley put a bell on you. I swear, you are like a ghost." Leo laughs. "Do you ever scare Will when you do that?" I nod. "When we first started dating, I'd have my back turned and he'd say 'Ciao luce del sole, come stai?' Which translates to 'hi sunlight, how are you?'" I laugh. "But he always apologized. Nico's a sweet ball of death. My ball of death." Nico rolled his eyes. "Okay care bear." He laughs. "You can continue with your story, I was just trying to let you know I made three bags of popcorn." We all laugh, but then Nico says, "So why exactly did you come here Leo?" He tells us, and Nico, firm as ever, says no. "It's far too dangerous. Leo, if I were to do this, I'd kill everyone, including me, in a thirty mile radius. I can't risk it..unless.."

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