“I guess?” As much as Nico claims to like solitude, he misses bunking in the Hermes cabin and having people around consistently. Having Will around made the situation brighter for a few months.

“I think Hazel and me would stick together if she was here, but you don’t go around waking up hungry monsters so it’s different.” Tim is normal, and Nico’s a little jealous of that. Tim never has to start a sentence with ‘So then we got chased into a construction zone by indestructible cows.’ He came over because the apartment is small. No automatons. No mummies spewing quests.

Tim gets to be bored. What’s that like.