Yeah, well so was I! I was on my own for over a year. I was living in Daedalus’ labyrinth for months listening to Minos’ ghost. Now I live in a camp full of demigod kids who are lucky if they can go home to their human parent at all because the monsters can smell us and not everyone fights like me.
I know what can happen to kids on their own, okay? I do all the funeral rites at camp. I - you’re the one that doesn’t know how painful it is.
[There's just the slightest intake of breath as Jason tries to restrain himself from snapping at Nico. It's so tempting to bite back and mention horrors from his own childhood. How he spent years alone with no home and no powers. How getting any sort of resources for basic survival was a struggle. How he spent years after his death with monstrous criminals just so he could train to be a deadlier vigilante. There are a lot of things he could list off. He feels like his own trauma is getting downplayed. It feels wrong.
But Jason also knows there are no winners when playing Oppression Olympics.
So instead, he opts to try and remain calm]
You're right that our experiences aren't the same. There are differences. Just please understand you're not alone and you don't have to be alone. That's all.
[ The urge to keep arguing - to keep aggressively pushing people away so they can't hurt him later - is still there, but Nico knows when it's time to remove himself from a conversation if it starts to get too much. Preferably before he starts saying that he's alone because he's always along and that's obviously what he wants because it keeps happening. There's a sniffle to his voice. ]
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I know what can happen to kids on their own, okay? I do all the funeral rites at camp. I - you’re the one that doesn’t know how painful it is.
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But Jason also knows there are no winners when playing Oppression Olympics.
So instead, he opts to try and remain calm]
You're right that our experiences aren't the same. There are differences. Just please understand you're not alone and you don't have to be alone. That's all.
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I'm going to go. Bye Jason.
[ He'll end the connection. ]