"You were there." He said same as before. "You were the boy. The one that didn't run when Reyna and I were fighting those snake people. You saw them. The whole place was in a panic and trying to get as far as possible from whatever they were seeing but you . . . you saw those things and you just watched. It walked right up to you and you looked at it like you were studying a worm on a hook."
"I didn't know how dangerous they were. It was something new to see. Something besides casino floors and stark military standard dorm rooms."
"I haven't thought about that in a while. Not since I got my memory wiped. I knew you had to be a demigod when I saw you and I wanted to take you with us but Reyna was in trouble and by the time I looked back you were gone."
"Yeah." He said laughing at the memory in his head. "The drill meet broke up when they heard the commotion. Bianca found me and dragged me back to the bus. She always did have better sense than me. You alright there, Grace?"
"Alright? I'm over the moon. You know I made a point of meeting every person that walked into Camp Jupiter because I was so sure you'd turn up and then you did and I didn't even recognize you."
"I didn't recognize you either."
"I think you did. My last quest just before I disappeared you gave me that butterfly knife. You made me promise to take it with me only I couldn't understand why because I barely knew you. I mean I saw you around when you visited Hazel but we hardly said one sentence to each other."
"I remember that."
"That knife saved my life. We got caught in a burglar cage of all things and our powers were useless. Out gear was outside the cage too far to reach. Then I remembered the knife and I used it to break the lock. Melt it actually. I used the knife as a conductor."
"Smart."
"Thank you."
"You want to explain why all this is so important?"
"Because it was you. Juno said it was me but it was always you."
"You're losing me Grace."
"You're the bridge between Romans and Greeks."
"Still not getting it."
"You were there in Maine and you saved my life. You wound up at Camp Half-Blood and I know that prison break wasn't the only time you saved Jackson's sorry ass. You came to Camp Jupiter and you gave me the knife and you found the Doors of Death and you led us back there. You were wrong."