luke castellan.

is dead.

gone, lost, forgotten, done.

few mourn him.

mourning him is akin to mourning a war. nobody does so.

but thalia grace visits his shroud and loves a boy for the last time in her life.

annabeth chase whispers to him about how everything is changing for the better.

percy jackson tells him over and over and over again that he's the real hero.

grover underwood tells him that he is missed as a person.

and hermes falls by his side and finally becomes the father he always should have been; the one who cared for him.