Percy, you're gonna be the one cleaning this up, I hope you know.
[Nico nods. He remembers quite clearly, but he looks more thoughtful than worried.]
I think that's why heroes like you are born. You create new stories out of the bits and pieces of the old ones. These new, big stories then get immortalized in our history, and echoes of it spread into the mortal's history. It's a slow, subtle shift in a new direction. The gods never forget the great heroes, even after thousands of years pass.
[He shakes his head.]
Of course, the problem with that is that great heroes don't come along everyday. They go back to an old pattern because it's all they know, until someone who can make a difference is born. Still, I don't think your promise will be forgotten. You were pretty audacious about it.
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[Nico nods. He remembers quite clearly, but he looks more thoughtful than worried.]
I think that's why heroes like you are born. You create new stories out of the bits and pieces of the old ones. These new, big stories then get immortalized in our history, and echoes of it spread into the mortal's history. It's a slow, subtle shift in a new direction. The gods never forget the great heroes, even after thousands of years pass.
[He shakes his head.]
Of course, the problem with that is that great heroes don't come along everyday. They go back to an old pattern because it's all they know, until someone who can make a difference is born. Still, I don't think your promise will be forgotten. You were pretty audacious about it.