[It's probably good Adam keeps those thoughts to himself because it's about tradition and there are some traditions Luke doesn't argue. But he relaxes a little when Adam seems to get it, nodding in agreement while he watches the fire finally get up to speed with what he want.]

Exactly. It's just another thing I hate about this place. How easy it is to get to people and break them down. [And with that he quickly opens the door and throws the letter into the fire, closing it up to let it burn and keep the flames away from himself and Adam. The fire comes to life and the letter begins to burn.]

She was a kid. Same age as Percy and Annabeth, actually. And she had a husband and a kingdom and all she wanted to do was make sure some prophecy she fulfilled wouldn't come undone because it helped stop something that killed hundreds of thousands of people. When you think of her that way, it almost doesn't sound so bad.

[She still killed two other people though.]