So you and I have a type. [He sounds amused at least.] Thalia wasn't scared of anything and you're right. She never cared what people thought. People learned to stop messing with her. [He flinches a little when Adam's hand rests on his cheek, but he doesn't pull away. Instead, he stops trying to meet his eyes.]

Not a dragon, no. Knife fight when I was seventeen. I got involved in some stuff and it was just kinda bad overall. Nobody did anything to stop it or fix it either.