"Oh my gods what happened to your arm Percy?" asked Nico, pointing to his scars. "Oh nothing. I'm fine." said Percy, hastily covering the scars. "Are you sure you're fine Percy, I recognize those scars," Nico said, pulling up his own sleeve to show Percy. "I happen to have them too. I understand what you're going through."

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"Aghh!" Percy yelled, blood dripping down his arm. He'd dug deeper than he meant to. Oops. Percy thought as he passed out from loss of blood.

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