10 years ago*

[aigiochos]

Thalia opens the front door cautiously and dumps her backpack onto the floor. She never knows what to expect from her mom when she comes home from school so she's always careful.

"Mom?" she calls out because it's better to let her know than to sneak in. "I'm home." Thalia tenses but there's no response.

"Great, she's passed out again," Thalia

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[aigiochos]

Later that night, after her mother has passed out, Thalia crawls from her bedroom window to climb up onto the roof of their house. She sits with her back to the chimney and looks up at the clouds that are forming, looking for something but never knowing what.

She sighs and then pulls out the bracelet and can of mace from the pockets of the Ramones sweat jacket she was sleeping in. She doesn't try to hide the tears this time.

[theoi_npc]

"She loves you in her way," Zeus says as he sits near her.

[aigiochos]

Embarrassed and frightened, Thalia rubs the tears away and nearly falls off the roof jumping to her feet.

"What the fuck?!?"

[theoi_npc]

"Shhh. It's okay, I'm not going to harm you," Zeus replies.