Seriously hope this David Hudson guy dies a grisly death. Seeing him rib Percy with all these snide remarks bc he thinks Percy can’t do shit is grating on the nerves. Hopefully he gets pulverized and remains conscious throughout it until the last moment.

Hopefully these government dudes get what’s coming to them. Sticking their noses where it doesn’t belong like the dogs they are. Thinking they can stand up and fight while not trusting what they themselves deem an “expert opinion.” Losers, hope they all get turned into paste smeared across the base by the Annumaki.

Wow, this seems very cool. I've got my reading for the week!

It is so impressive how you blend the mythical and mortal realities almost seamlessly! Every point in the story feels logical and necessary. Once again, this chapter leaves me hungrily awaiting the next!

I also kinda disagree with a prior reviewer about you setting up a nice peaceful sunset between Percabeth. IMO there’s a lot more rocky road and climactic payoff to go there, or at least I hope there is

Like what you’re cooking. But just 2 things:

Annabeth lost her knife during HOO and uses a drakon bone sword after that

As much as I like the subplots you’re developing between the two I think the angst of how she’s in her late 30s and he’s still like 18-19 needs to be brought to mind more. Like, there’s a lot more factors making this angsty and weird for them than you’ve even touched on yet.

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While this chapter isn’t packed full of actuon, until the end, I think this is one of the strongest chapters in the story yet. The charater growth of Percy here is superb, he deals with both Minerva and Athena in a reasonable way with that deal while respecting who brought it to him in the forst palxe to save his butt. Like the subtle propf that Artemis kind of really cares anout Percy by looking out for him and doing that in his behalf, as well as how Percy is honest with Annabeth. It was the mature thing to do and he told her the truth as she was entitled to it. It dud hurt Percy a bit to swallow his pride and it also hurt him because letting Annabeth know was essentially giving uo the hope he could hold onto that she would choose him if it were totally her choice alone. But he empowered her to make that choice, and didn’t try and rekindle anything while she was vunerable dealing with that information and emotional weight so suddenly. The rest of the chapter nicely shows how they are different now than when they used to work, Percy has changed, but so has Annabeth. She’s coming to terms with the fact that they’ve spent 20 years apart and don’t fit well together anymore. Percy can feel it too and I thinknits a beautiful little natural sunsetting of their romantic tension. And the end of the chapter feels like a confirmation of all of this, Percy and Annabeth aren’t ever going to be a couple again, but Percy would never just abandon her or cause her harm and it’s pretty clear from previous chapters the same is true from her end as well. While I would prefer more badass Percy moments and advancments of new relationships over old, these parts are crucial to telling his story and getting both Percy and the reader to understand his feelings and to have a logical pogression of dealing with these complex feelings and necessary story arcs. You understand these things better than almost all writers I see here and I just wrote this out to demonstrate that to you, that your skill is recognized and valued with this story and beyond it. This was a great and needed chapter and it’s one thats easy to rush through or mess up, but I think you nailed it.

Now this next lart, which I hope comes sooner, should be a lot of fun. Prison break shenanigans is high energy, and exhilarating due to the stakes alone. It will be interesting to see what the government reveals to Percy they know and possibly how much they are going to be hiding from him at the same time. I will say I find it interesting this is essentially going to be a mortals only run of chapter 31 where Percy has to find his family and get out, but there’s enough new story to work with here for that to feel more like happy coincidence than writing in circles. I look forward to the horros of the US governmentat their most secretive and at wits end with beings they have no real understanding of. I wonder if they try to clone Percy and the demigods first or interrogate?

Love how you portrayed Minerva in the recent chapter!

Hell yeah another amazing chapter, I don't know if it's just me but I really enjoyed the interaction between Percy and Minerva, hopefully we get to see a lot more of those two together, it was really fun reading the dynamic between them, really looking forward to seeing the plot unfold. Merry Christmas!

This is one of the better fanfics I've seen pop up these past few years, giving me Road To Tranquility vibes with a more upbeat tone. I'm proud of what you wrote and you should be too

I wonder when the romance will began loll and how it began

Thanks for the chapter anyways

Merry Christmas.
May your life is blessed.

Great Chapter!
Loved the interaction between Percy and Minerva.

Like always my favorite scenes are the ones with conversations instead of fighting. I was on my seats edge during Percy and Minerva's act, and it did not disappoint, also some cutting onion ninjas visited me during the mural scene, Jason's death and the hole he left in the group still hurts.

Also, area 51, soldiers, action, let's save our friends, everything wonderful, BUT I really want to take a step back from all that for this piece of information alone: Annabeth...WHAT WERE THE VOWS GIRL!? Your mother is climbing the walls trying to avoid the NTR route, and I need to know WHY?

Nice chapter. Seemed a bit like a filler in terms of action, but wasn't boring or unentertaining. Keep up the good work.