[ honestly, he's not thinking about giving in or giving up. or sitting around and accepting that he has some kind of shard in him that makes up for being snatched and brought to some unknown world, beautiful as it may be. he doesn't think they're lying because he's definitely heard stranger stories. ones that took the cake for scarier and crazier. but Percy Jackson's not about to get very far on an empty stomach, he knows that much for certain. he can trust in that.
plus, there hasn't been a familiar face in hours for all his hoping. one side of him is grateful for it while the other says he has no right to be happy about it. how's he supposed to know that his friends are safe? that they're not imprisoned somewhere? how can he be sure they're even on the Argo II and not indisposed somewhere, waiting to be rescued?
the doubt weighs on him, pins him heavily in his seat as he glances off to the side, convinced that there's something he just isn't seeing once his stomach has stopped growling. only he's taken his eyes off of his glass and after years barely surviving the Hermes cabin, he should know better than to leave himself open to trickery. ]
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plus, there hasn't been a familiar face in hours for all his hoping. one side of him is grateful for it while the other says he has no right to be happy about it. how's he supposed to know that his friends are safe? that they're not imprisoned somewhere? how can he be sure they're even on the Argo II and not indisposed somewhere, waiting to be rescued?
the doubt weighs on him, pins him heavily in his seat as he glances off to the side, convinced that there's something he just isn't seeing once his stomach has stopped growling. only he's taken his eyes off of his glass and after years barely surviving the Hermes cabin, he should know better than to leave himself open to trickery. ]