Leo shook his head.

It hurt. It hurt too much. So, so much...

He felt dizzy, his head like some kind of bubble.

He was alone. He was left here in this hell.

No one cared. Not a single second glance his way.

Jason called him his best friend.

Lies.

Who knew what else Jason had at Camp Jupiter?

It's not as if they were ever really friends.

A literal figment of his imagination.

Leo Valdez crumpled in on himself, the pain closing in from all sides.

Hide the pain with humor. Hide it all.

He could've laughed.