We explain stuff while my brother struggles to register wtf is happening [Harry]

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Word of the bathroom incident spread immediately. Wherever we went, campers pointed at Percy and murmured something about toilet water. Or maybe they were just staring at Jade, who was still pretty much dripping wet.

She showed Percy few more places: the metal shop (where kids were forging their own swords), the arts-and-crafts room (where satyrs were sandblasting a giant marble statue of a goat-man), and the climbing wall, which actually consisted of two facing walls that shook violently, dropped boulders, sprayed lava, and clashed together if you didn't get to the top fast enough.

Finally we returned to the canoeing lake, where the trail led back to the cabins.

I've got training to do," Jade said flatly. "Dinner's at seven-thirty. Just follow your cabin to the mess hall."

"Jade I'm sorry about the toilets."

"Whatever."

"It wasn't purposely my fault."

"You need to talk to the Oracle," she said.

"Who?"

"Not who. What. The Oracle. I'll ask Chiron."

Percy stared into the lake, wishing somebody would give me a straight answer for once.

"You can't get a straight answer if you're not straight." I joked.

He rolled his eyes. But kept staring at the lake.

I guess he wasn't expecting anybody to be looking back at me from the bottom, so my heart skipped a beat when I noticed two teenage girls sitting cross-legged at the base of the pier, about twenty feet below. They wore blue jeans and shimmering green Tshirts, and their brown hair floated loose around their shoulders as minnows darted in and out. They smiled and waved as if we were a long-lost friend.

I had no idea what to do but Percy waved back.

"Don't encourage them," Jade warned. "Naiads are terrible flirts."

"Naiads," He repeated, feeling completely overwhelmed. "That's it. Harry can we go home now."

Jade 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?"

"Well yeah but still. We're special and-"

"Special needs."

"Ok shut up. Before I punch you."

I turned to him, "You were excited to come here."

"Not anymore mate. It's too much."

I put my hands on his shoulders, "Percy . Demigods are real. We are technically demigods. So stop fucking over reacting."

"Hold up. Hol up hol up. What Dafuq do u mean technically."

"Ok like basically a god blessed our parents to have us."

He punched me.

"Ow! what da fuck was that for?"

"Gimme water before I faint."

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