He fits them together in sunshine or rain, each one is unique, no two are the same [W2, Sunday]

[hydrokinetics]

[The execution was quick and fast, but the memory was less quick to fade. He'd watched the whole thing, relieved that Ezio kept his promise to be quick with her death and sickened at the idea that this may not always be the case.

None of this is fair. Two people are now dead thanks to this game and it bothers him more than he'd like. He knows that people are taking care of giving the girls a proper burial though and while it takes time he does find himself wandering toward the graveyard.

It's here he spots Hannibal with a shovel in hand, dirt on his clothing and a grave in progress. Though he almost looks down with it, Percy does approach. He's alone this time, no Mrs. O'Leary with him, and though he can't keep his eyes off of the hole in the ground he does speak up.]

...I don't think I could have ever imagined you with this much dirt on your clothes.

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[hydrokinetics]

[Suffice to say Percy Jackson isn't exactly a normal young man despite what he wants to pretend at the current moment. The world was a messed up place and with first the titans threatening it, and now the giants and Gaea, he wasn't really settled on allowing anything to stand in his way. He'd made a promise to himself that he would kill Gaea with his bare hands. Being here...if he didn't survive, the doors couldn't close, and if the doors didn't close the world would be infected with the worst monsters its ever seen. Gaea would be one step closer to winning.

Of course, explaining all of that would probably make him sound crazy to the nice psychiatrist, so Percy keeps his mouth shut in that regard.]

People can be unpredictable, but I think people can also change their mind at the last minute. Like...it's possible for someone evil to change their mind to do something good for the world, but it's just as possible for someone good to do something selfish and evil. That's why it's better for us to all work as a group so we aren't isolating people and giving them the chance to do something huge to screw all of us. [It's a pensive little thought, something he's put some thought into since speaking with Tiara prior to her execution.]

But how can we get people to agree to that mindset and stick with it? Tiara said that Ao acted because she had someone to get back to in her world, and the Sheriff didn't help any. People are probably going to be scared.

[And yet, strangely, if he's scared he's not saying or displaying so.]

[sating]

They will be.

[ As a balance to Percy's calm, Hannibal has a certainty in his voice in response. There's no doubt in his mind that people will be scared. It's a frightening situation, and that will only become more evident the longer it goes on. He doesn't have any doubts that the weeks ahead will be difficult ones as a result.

Of course, that certainty doesn't make things any easier. On the contrary, it makes them quite a bit more difficult. ]

I do not believe there will be any certain way to prevent what we're both concerned with. Only measures with the hopes to reduce the chance. Perhaps if we were to bring up this logic, though not in such blunt terms... That could be helpful. It wouldn't be able to deter the selfish among us. But it could bolster those willing to work for a common goal.

[hydrokinetics]

There are people I've already been trying to get together to work on breaking the cycle, but it's a slow process. [He loses his grip on the shovel, nearly dropping it suddenly. He's quick to grab for it again.]

What would you suggest is a less blunt way of bringing it up anyway? Any ideas?