[And that, of course, gets all the candy wrappers thrown at Nico. He is literally pelting the younger demigod with it.]

You know what I mean. You saw it last year - how when I asked for them to take responsibility for their children, most of them didn't want to listen to what I said. Some saw it was for the best, they're all doing it, but they don't really seem to be changing in any other way. Apollo's still doing his stupid haiku and Ares is still a rampaging idiot. And I saw Hermes after we all left the throne room, and he told me the gods weren't great at keeping oaths, even Styx-based ones. He said they'd forget after awhile, just go back to the way things were. That seems... kind of sad.