Chapter Nine: Thalia


Thalia's not afraid of heights; she's afraid of her father. It's by his will that she possesses the powers she does and she knows that he can take that away from her on a whim. She's terrified of climbing so high and forgetting boundaries. It's an inescapable vicious cycle that, once she gets started on, she knows it's only a matter of time before she's struck out of the sky. It's a long way down and she doesn't fear free falling so much as not knowing where or when or what condition she'll be in when she hits the ground.


Not what you expected, is it?