Life's a tough crowd, and I'm not too fond of the silver medal.
"I came in second place." is not a real cause for celebration if you came in second of the two sides in a deadly war. As a demigod, you can't be second best- you have to be the best, or you die.
Losing your life too a monster, yeah, you came in second place, but there was only two contestants. It's not honor. You have to be first. you have to be best, even when it means you have to be worst, too.
It's okay, life is a tough crowd.
I took a breath.
Who you are is not what you did
Yeah, but who you are is who you are. You hurt them, and that's all there is to it. How many people did I kill by hosting Kronos?
All I am is a traitor.
I betrayed the gods. I betrayed Annabeth, Thalia. My brothers. Mom. Camp. And then I beayed the monsters, by stabbing myself in the armpit. I'm such a coward. Dying from suicide. Killing Kronos, maybe, but he'll just reeform, with the help of another coward who felt like he was betrayed.
He wasn't betrayed. I took the easy way out. The Styx. The scorpion. Backbiter. Suicide.
All for what? Power? A silver medal? Because he got that and he lost it just as easily as you could say Percy Jackson.
Second Place.
Son of Hermes.
Traitor.
Son of Poseidon.
Hero.
Luke, I, Me, He didn't deserve any of this. So he'll take the easy way out again, like a coward.
The River Lethe. Let's go swimming.