Hello everyone!

First off, sorry I'm late! I actually have a good reason - I am now the proud owner of one broken finger! Typing is a tad difficult at the moment so I won't say much. Welcome to chapter eight! Today the ship is built, the name is revealed, some trust issues begin, Nico is even more cryptic, Cat lies more, some sibling and friendship mush, as well as an event too awesome and heart wrenching to spoil.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Percy Jackson universe, sadly. I'm merely borrowing them to play in my sandbox for a bit! Cat is my very special OC, however, as is Quentin, Episis, and any other odd names you don't remember. Alex and Jane are OC's created by some talented friends of mine.

Percy Jackson

Leo threw open the doors to the bunker and slid aside with a dramatic flourish of his hands, bowing mockingly to Cat. "Your highness."

Cat laughed and curtsied, her hands delicately holding out her non-existent skirt. "Why, thank you, dear sir." She said, gracefully walking into the bunker.

Leo stood and quickly followed after her, showing her the random inventions scattered on various work tables. Percy stood in the doorway, staring after them with a half amused, half confused expression. Leo turned around as Cat walked further into the massive bunker, raising an eyebrow.

"Whatcha gaping at, water boy?" He asked, spinning a wrench between his fingers with a grin.

Percy's face grew serious as he entered the bunker and walked over to Leo. He grabbed the wrench and gave Leo a piercing look. "No funny business, Valdez. I'm watching you, and if you so much as make her frown, I'll sic Annabeth on you, understand?"

The grin left Leo's face, replaced by an equally serious expression. "If I hurt her, I'll sic her on me myself." He said seriously, then paused, scrunching up his face. "You know, that sounded a lot better in my head."

Percy laughed, and followed Leo into the largest room in the bunker, tossing the wrench back to him. Cat was already standing there, examining a large set of blueprints laid out on the main table.

She looked up when they entered, biting her lip. "This looks really, really, complicated, Leo. I don't know if I can do it…" She murmured, her eyes flitting over the scrawling drawings and notes written on the paper.

Leo walked up behind her and took the blueprints from her, his hand lingering a little too long on hers. Percy narrowed his eyes but didn't say anything, instead turning his attention to the massive cloth-covered thing in the middle of the room. Golden cables hung from the ceiling, keeping whatever was hidden beneath the cloth suspended in the air. Leo whispered something to Cat, then walked up next to Percy. He grinned, grabbing the edge of the cloth and pulling it off with a flourish.

The cloth began to fall majestically, revealing the skeleton of a massive wooden ship inlaid with bronze and other metals. As the drape-cloth slipped over the figurehead of the ship, it caught on the control panel and stuck fast. The rest of it fell on top of Leo, and he staggered and fell over, tangled in the yellow-white material.

Cat and Percy burst out laughing as he struggled to his feet, glaring at the ship. Percy tried to help him, but was laughing too hard and ended up getting him even more tangled. Cat doubled over, giggling, as they both struggled to free themselves. Finally, Leo escaped from the cloth, and with another tug, it slid free of the ship. Cat stopped laughing almost instantly, her mouth opening into a perfect 'O' of amazement. She gasped slightly, staring at the half-completed mammoth.

The hull of the ship was almost completely finished, beautiful oak wood engraved with gold carvings. Percy's eyes traced the trailing gold filigree up the side until the intricate carvings vanished, leaving a small section of plain wood, before that too vanished, and the rest of the ship was framework. A small part of the deck was finished, where the wheel and control panel rested, but the rest of the deck was simply bars of wood crisscrossing empty space. The ship was so tall he couldn't see any farther than a slight glimpse of the deck through the unfinished body of the ship. Percy turned from gaping at the ship to look at the other two. Leo smiled proudly as he looked on the ship, and for that one rare moment, he was almost completely still.

"How much work is left?" Percy asked quietly.

Leo glanced at him, but didn't meet his eyes. "About….six months." He fidgeted as he spoke. Cat's face tightened slightly, and she tore her gaze away from the ship, crossing to examine the blueprints again.

"Six months work if it was just me and Festus." Leo added. "I've already made a lot of the stuff that's going inside, so really it's just finishing the framework and the machinery. I wasn't exactly expecting it to be used this soon."

Percy nodded slowly, and turned to his sister. He could tell from her posture how nervous she was, but he had no idea how to reassure her. He could barely even understand how her powers worked, much less her limits. Unsure of what to say, he simply hugged her gently, wishing he knew how to help. She smiled at him and turned to Leo.

"I'm not sure how much of the machinery I could do, it's very detailed…perhaps you should work on that while I work on the frame? I know you don't have much time, but every bit helps." Leo nodded and dashed off to one of the adjourning rooms, snatching a sheaf of papers off a table as he went. Cat turned to her brother, determination starting to overcome the worry in her eyes. "And Percy? Can you tell the others that the ship will be ready to load in less than an hour, and to bring all the stuff to the hill?"

Percy nodded, but didn't leave. He hesitated to leave Cat alone to try to build a ship. Obviously he couldn't help much, but he could at least give her moral support, if nothing else.

"I'm not leaving you. I'll ask one of the dryads to take the message back to camp." He said, jogging out to the forest before she could protest.

A few minutes later, after convincing one of the dryads to take the message, he returned to the bunker to find his sister sitting on the floor with her head in her hands. He sat down next to her and gently put his arm around her, sighing. She jumped a little, then relaxed into him, her breath hitching slightly. He stroked her hair gently, wishing he knew what to say. The two siblings sat together, listening to the clanking and crashing coming from Leo's direction. Finally, Cat sat up and sniffed, her watery eyes meeting Percy's.

"You can tell me anything, you know that?" He prodded gently, searching her face.

She nodded slowly, her hands twisting and fidgeting in her lap. "I'm terrified," She confessed, staring at her hands. "The last time I tried to do something like this…" Her eyes clouded, and for a moment she seemed to be completely lost in the past. "I failed." She whispered, opening her eyes. "I thought I could save them all…I should have. They all looked up to me…I was a savior, a goddess to them. I was stronger, more powerful then. And I couldn't do it…I couldn't save any of them…I failed all of them. If I couldn't do it then…how can I do it now?"

Percy hesitated for a minute, his brain stumbling over all the things she'd said, not registering it. She must have thousands of memories I don't know about…so many things I don't know about my own sister, he realized. Now isn't the time, Percy. Figure that out later, and help her now. "Because this time, you're not alone. You can do it, Cat." He answered simply, hoping it was enough.

Cat shifted, debating his words. Percy wondered if he'd said the wrong thing, but then she stood up and nodded.

"Well…here goes." She murmured, more to herself than to him. Once again, he heard the slight accent in her voice, and added it to his list of questions for her. She rubbed her hands together, then walked up to the ship, running her hands across it. Percy stepped back, trying to stay out of her way and not distract her. Cat stepped back, then closed her eyes and reached her hands out in front of her. She'd barely started before a loud crash resounded from Leo's direction, followed by a few choice words. Cat jumped, then sighed and closed her eyes again, muttering about boys. Percy stifled a smile, watching his sister curiously. As she stretched her hands out, the air around her seemed to grow solid, swirling around her hands and forming lines flowing towards the ship.

They snaked up the side of the hull onto the deck, slowly twisting together to form clear rectangles resting on the deck's scaffolding. Color slowly spread across the shapes, as if someone had dumped a bucket of paint onto them. Percy realized she was creating wood, and watched in amazement as plank after plank was laid down. Some of the strands began to form nails, sliding into the planks and gaining a silvery tone. Cat began to work faster, directing a large mass of the clear silky strands into a large, swirling tower. Slowly, the tower solidified, the silky mass slipping downwards, leaving a strong wooden mast in its place. Cat's face tightened, and the strands began flowing all over the ship, nearly covering the entire thing.

Percy gaped in utter amazement as each piece of the ship formed and fit into the rest. Hearing a gasp, he turned slightly and saw Leo standing in the doorway of the adjourning room, a wrench slipping from his hands as he stared uncomprehendingly at the ship. He met Percy's gaze, and a look of both amazement and fear passed between them. Percy turned back to look at his sister, noticing her hands starting to shake. He had no idea if he should step in or not, so he merely watched her work. Finally the last piece of wood slid into place, and Cat stumbled backwards, breathing heavily. Percy jumped forward and caught her as she fell, noting her labored breathing with concern. Easing himself to the floor, he sat down, holding her in his lap.

"Mm fine…" She whispered, then closed her eyes and passed out. Leo hurried over, sharing a worried look with Percy, but both were still in too much shock to speak for several minutes.

"Holy Hera…" Leo finally whispered, staring at the newly completed Argo. Percy just nodded, half-expecting the entire ship to simply collapse. "She just made a ship…out of thin air!" Leo stood up, pacing. "What else can she do? There has to be something we don't know. There is absolutely no way anyone is that powerful! Even the gods! Oh gods, do they even know? They'd kill anyone powerful, much less someone more powerful than them! How the Hades is this even possible?!" Leo ripped his hands through his hair, his voice growing louder.

Percy's heart began to thump quickly in his chest as he recognized the truth of Leo's words. "Gods…I hadn't even thought of that," He looked down at his sister, realizing with a start that he barely even knew her anymore.

"What if Alex is right? What if we can't trust her? I mean yeah, we've known her for years, but that's nothing compared to the thousands of years she's been alive! How do we know she's on our side? Someone with that much power…and you saw how she made a freaking living creature earlier, and then just poof! It's dead! If she can create that…and destroy it, who knows, she could destroy the entire world! Her father is Chaos, for pity's sake! She could be in league with him…we don't know! How can we know?"

Percy glowered at him, opening his mouth to protest hotly. But no words came out…because Leo was right. They didn't know what she could do, or even what side she's on…they barely knew anything about her. "Oh gods…oh gods…" Percy whispered. I can't trust my sister…is she even my sister? How is this happening? Why? I was supposed to go to college…take a break…instead my sister might be evil…and she's basically a goddess!

Leo stopped pacing, staring at him. "Percy? It's your sister, your call. Should we trust her?"

Percy couldn't believe that was even a question, but sadly, it was a completely fair question. "I…" He stared down at his little sister, his heart and head warring inside of him. "She doesn't have all her memories yet…she still seems exactly like the girl we know. Maybe she'll change more once she remembers more…but for right now…she's still our friend and she's definitely still my sister." He said quietly, wishing he really believed that.

Leo nodded slowly, then started toward the ship. "I'm going to look it over, see what still needs to be done and such. Uh, maybe see if you can wake her up?" Percy nodded, watching as Leo's form disappeared up the ladder to the deck. He turned his attention to his sister, trying to ignore his troubled thoughts.

"Cat? Wake up," He gently shook her shoulders, but to no avail. After several more attempts, he resorted to pulling water from the moisture in the air and splashing her face. She coughed and sat up quickly, nearly colliding with Percy's head.

"Wha-" She spluttered, her confused gaze sweeping the room. Realization quickly dawned on her, and she sighed, slumping back into him. "Ow." Percy didn't say anything, and she looked up at him with a questioning gaze. "Is everything okay? Did I do it?" She inquired, shaking her head to get the water out of her eyes.

Percy nodded, finding his voice. "Yeah, you did." Cat looked a little confused by his unenthusiastic tone, but didn't comment on it. She pulled herself to her feet, admiring her handiwork on the ship. Percy stood as well, watching her face carefully. "Are you okay?"

She nodded distractedly, running her hands over the ship again. Leo popped his head out onto the deck, soon followed by the rest of his body.

"Everything seems to be in order, other than some missing machinery." He shouted down, then noticed Cat. "Oh, uh, hi, Cat." He added, causing her face to scrunch up with confusion again. "I'll add the last bit of machine stuff, and we can get going." Leo climbed down, jumping the last few feet. "You did a good job." He directed the last bit to Cat, who nodded. "And I was thinking, since you…built most of it, you should get to name it." Leo suggested, smiling.

Cat nodded thoughtfully. "What about Episis?" She proposed shyly. "After my mother." Percy was slightly surprised to realize she wasn't referring to Sally, but he pushed the thought away.

Leo grinned. "That's a great name for a ship. Want to do the honors?" He gestured towards the side of the ship, but Cat shook her head.

"I'm a bit too tired, honestly." She murmured quietly. Leo raised an eyebrow, but shrugged and grabbed a paintbrush.

Percy turned to Cat, noticing she was still breathing heavily. "I'm going to go back to camp and make sure everything is going well. Will you be okay?"

She nodded, smiling slightly. "Yeah, of course. I'll help Leo finish up and then…I guess we'll fly the ship over there and load it up?" Percy agreed, then hurried out the door and into the woods.

Cat Jackson

Cat watched Leo hurry around the room, searching through various boxes and buckets. "Looking for something?"

Leo looked up distractedly, continuing to dig through a toolbox. "Just paint and a chunk of celestial bronze…I need it to finish the engine."

She nodded, and looked down at her hands. In all honesty, she wasn't that tired…but she didn't want them to know. She'd seen the looks on their faces when she'd finished the ship…they'd been terrified. Glancing up to make sure Leo wasn't looking, she quickly formed a small sheet of celestial bronze in her hands, smiling as the crystals swirled around her fingers.

"Here, I found some." She called. Leo turned around quickly, surprised.

"Oh, thanks," he took it from her and hurried back into the adjourning workroom, grabbing a hammer and nails on his way. "Can you find some paint?" He called over his shoulder, followed by a loud crash.

"Sure," she sighed, doubting there was paint anywhere accessible. Leo may be a genius, but he was terribly messy and unorganized. So she held her hands out again, painting the word on the side of the ship herself. As she stood admiring her work, Leo returned, tugging a massive machine on a cart behind him.

"I thought you said you were tired…" he questioned, examining the ship.

"Um…it wasn't a lot of work, I'm fine." She said brightly. "Do you need help getting that on the ship?"

Leo shook his head, grinning. "Nah, Festus can get it."

"Festus?" Cat wondered. "I thought…actually, where is Festus?"

"He's been helping me build the ship. He's fully functional now!" Leo answered proudly, and whistled.

Creaking and clanking sounds responded, coming from another adjourning room that Cat hadn't explored yet. Festus slowly creaked out into the main room, stretching his wings.

"Hey, buddy! Fly this up there, will ya?" Leo gestured toward what Cat assumed was the engine. Festus creaked and clacked at Leo, sounding slightly grouchy, but carefully lifted the engine and flew it up into the deck.

"Is he coming with us?" Cat asked, following Leo up the ladder onto the deck of the ship.

Leo shook his head, frowning. "Nah…he's…well he's not actually fully functional." He admitted, tugging the engine over to a trap door in the deck. "He malfunctioned a few days ago, and I haven't had time to fix it. I don't want to bring him, just in case..."

He trailed off with a sigh. Festus tilted his head and creaked at Leo, who laughed a little and patted Festus's side.

Leo grabbed ropes lying on the deck and tied them to rings on the engine, and Festus lowered it down the trapdoor. Cat followed Leo down the ladder into the engine room, squinting in the dim light.

"Can you hand me that cable?" Leo asked, pointing to one of the wires hanging from the engine.

"Sure." she said, passing it to him. "Hey, do Piper and Jason know you're leaving on a quest? And Hazel and Frank?"

Leo nodded, walking past her and connecting the cable to another complicated looking machine. "Yeah, I sent a message via harpy to Camp Jupiter last night. Chiron also sent all the information we have, so they know what's going on, in case it affects them or we need help. I think he was hoping they might have some ideas on the meaning of the prophecy too."

Cat nodded. "That would be nice…" She trailed off and wrinkled her nose, frowning. "What is that smell?"

"What? Oh gods, that stinks." Leo said, stepping away from the engine and waving his hand in front of his face. "That smells like…smoke."

Cat's eyes widened. "Smoke as in fire?"

Leo nodded, and his eyes widened as he looked at her. "Cat, get away from the fuel containers."

"What?"

"Just get over here!" His tone was urgent, and Cat obeyed instantly, joining him next to the engine.

Leo brushed past her and leaned over the massive black container she'd been standing in front of, his hands flying over the machinery next to it. She gasped as she found the reason for his concern - a small flame on one of the cables. However uneducated she may be in engineering, she knew that fuel was extremely flammable.

"It's overheating, but that doesn't make sense! I checked the math three times, the cooling systems were plenty strong enough, and I made extra precautions for the power cells." Leo muttered, rubbing his forehead.

"Hey, Leo?" Cat said.

Leo turned to her. "Yeah?"

"Why don't you figure out what went wrong after you put the fire out?"

Leo's eyes widened. "Crap, good plan." He snatched the fire extinguisher off the wall and sprayed it over the cable, coughing and waving his hand in front of his face. Cat suppressed her amazement that he'd actually thought to put a fire extinguisher down here.

"Can you check the power gauge on the engine, Cat? It's the one with a yellow rim." Leo said, replacing the fire extinguisher and bending back over the machinery.

"It's at a hundred percent." Cat responded.

Leo frowned and walked over to her, looking over her shoulder and almost leaning against her back. Her heart rate sped up, butterflies turning somersaults in her stomach.

"Weird." Leo muttered. "Can you check the cooling cable on the back?"

Cat nodded and stepped away from him, forcing her cheeks to a normal color. "Uh, there isn't a cooling cable."

"What? That can't be right." Leo said.

Cat moved backwards to let Leo examine the engine, and only a second later he banged his head against it with a groan. "I can't believe I did that. I just forgot to plug the cooling cable in, of course the power cells overheated." Leo laughed a little and turned around. Cat didn't move quickly enough and Leo was right in front of her, a slight smile flitting across his face.

She gasped a little and Leo's gaze slid down to her lips. All thoughts fled from her mind as she leaned up slightly, her nose brushing his and her eyes closing. Leo's arm slid around her waist and he pulled her closer, his breath tickling her cheek. Her lips brushed against his, and Leo abruptly jerked back. Cat's eyes shot open and Leo shook his head, taking another step back.

"I-I-I can't." He muttered, and he turned back to the engine, fiddling with the controls.

Cat stared at him, not comprehending his words, but he didn't look at her.

Realizing he wasn't going to explain, she turned and blindly climbed back to the deck, refusing to believe he would do that to her. Disbelief warred with heartbreak in her mind, but neither won and she was left numb and searching for answers. Why would he do that? He basically asked me to be his girlfriend at the party…didn't he? I must have done something wrong…or I interpreted it wrong…or…or… Her mind raced frantically, going through every possible cause and outcome.

She heard footsteps but didn't register them until a hand gently grasped her arm. Cat whipped around, hurriedly wiping the tears that had escaped from her eyes, not yet ready to face Leo. Instead, she found Nico's concerned gaze searching her, his bag set at his feet.

"I just came to make sure everything was going well and to help you two get the ship out of the bunker." Nico took his hand off her arm and left it hanging awkwardly at his side. "Percy said you might need some help…" He trailed off, eyeing her tear-stained face. "He said you were tired…but I didn't think it was bad enough to hurt?" He phrased it as a gentle question, but Cat knew him well enough to know he was prodding for an explanation.

"Thanks," She murmured, trying to keep her voice from wavering. "I'm not really sure if Leo needs help, you should ask him." Despite her best efforts, her voice cracked when she said his name, and she turned away, sniffling. Nico awkwardly rested a hand on her shoulder, turning her back to face him.

"Are you alright? Did something happen? It never seemed to hurt you this bad in this garden, but I suppose it's different here-"

Cat's eyes snapped up to stare at him. How in the name of everything holy does he know about the garden?

"What did you just say?" Nico shuffled his feet awkwardly, avoiding her gaze. "Nico. How do you know about that? I barely have any of my memories back, but somehow you know about part of it? And while I'm at it, why the heck did you and Percy fight?" She questioned, her gaze hardening as she spoke.

Nico sighed, then met her eyes. "He was angry at me. He thought I knew more than I was letting on. Apparently I didn't hide it well when you were claimed and he noticed. He had the right to get mad, and I…well I didn't exactly help things. I would have done the same thing he did if I were in his place." Nico admitted, somewhat grudgingly.

Cat gaped at him, trying to take in what he'd said. "I…I'm not getting involved in that fight, but obviously you do know something." Nico nodded, but didn't say anything more. "Well, tell me. Please, Nico, I'm so confused, I have thousands of years of memories coming back and I can barely make sense of it. Just tell me what you know…please?"

Nico sighed, but finally answered her. "Look, Ellie, I wish I could tell you, but I've sworn an oath not to, at least not yet. I promise, the minute I can, I will. But right now…you have to sort through the memories on your own. I'm still here for you, though. I'm still your…"He hesitated, then continued. "I'm still your best friend."

Cat blinked, then smiled. She'd always hoped he thought of her as his best friend, as she did of him, but she'd never been sure. Nico wasn't exactly a sappy type of person…he didn't need to put a label to their friendship. Then she narrowed her eyes, recognizing his tactic of making her happy to ignore something he didn't want her to know.

"Hold up," She said, knowing he would understand how much the words he'd said meant to her. "What'd you call me?" Nico winced, obviously hoping she hadn't noticed that. "That's my nickname, isn't it? From before?" He nodded stiffly, and Cat stared at him, even more baffled now.

"Look, Ellie," Nico said, having evidently given up on calling her by her normal name. "I'm sorry I can't explain right now, but please just trust me on this." She sighed. She did trust him, but she desperately wanted to understand her past, and Nico's connection to it. On the other hand, Nico was way too stubborn to convince otherwise, so she might as well go with it.

Cat rolled her eyes, and nodded, seeing the relief on his face.

"So, care to tell me why you were up here crying?" He questioned, raising his eyebrow.

Cat pursed her lips, having hoped he'd forgotten that. "It's nothing." She muttered, staring intently at her feet.

Nico laughed. "You're a terrible liar, Ellie." Cat snorted and shrugged, remembering the lie she'd told in the arena earlier that morning. "So, what's wrong?" He prodded.

"Leo almost kissed me…but I guess he decided I wasn't worth it." She admitted, glazing up and clearing her throat to prevent her voice from breaking.

Nico's eyes narrowed, his face immediately turning stormy and dangerous. "He did what?"

"He just jerked back and said he can't…whatever that means." Cat muttered, looking back at her feet. She could almost feel Nico's anger, and couldn't decide if it made her happy or sad. After regaining her composure, she raised her head and smiled at him. "It's no big deal, though."

Nico rolled his eyes. "Sure it's not. Look…" He paused, trailing off. "I'll always be your friend." He promised, then turned and climbed down the ladder to the engine room.

Cat stared after him, then sighed and dropped her head into her hands again. She knew Nico wasn't very good with emotions, and she appreciated him, but sometimes she wanted him to understand how she felt. With a sigh, she turned her thoughts away from Leo and Nico and to the quest that lay ahead of her.

Credit: A massive thank you to my wonderful beta, StarOfOlympus for the help and encouragement on this entire story. I couldn't have done this without you!

Hope you enjoyed, please leave a review and let me know what you thought!

This is the authors note from this chapter on the old version (slightly modified), and it was my favorite author's note so I wanted to share it. There is an important note here :)

I loved writing this chapter! We got a glimpse of Cat's power, saw the new ship, got some sibling mush (and angst!), a couple-ish quarrel, and some new reveals. I got writers block a couple times, but I made it! The story is finally starting to get underway. In the next chapter, the quest will finally begin *cheers* Shockingly, I managed to not leave a cliffhanger this time :O

Oki, a couple notes:

I honestly hate Cat's full name, lol! You'll understand where that name comes from in another chapter, it's quite a funny story, and explains why it's so weird. If you haven't noticed, the only time I write her full name is in Nico's POV or when someone else calls her it (yes, there's a secret reason for this.) Just a random thing, lol :D

Alrighty, this is semi-important. After this chapter, I'm sure many of you are thinking that Cat is way to overpowered and is a one dimensional character...but I promise you she isn't. Her massive amount of power is actually a major plot point, and you'll slowly discover more about her as we go. It's very hard to explain such a complex character as her so quickly, so I opted to slowly reveal it. Regarding Nico's secret, sorry folks, it'll be a while before you find out what that's all about (though you'll get a fair amount of info in the next chapter!)

If you have any questions, comments, theories, requests, errors to point out, or anything, please drop a review! They really make my day, and I truly appreciate them. I'm particularly curious what you all thought of Percy and Leo's reaction to Cat's power, and any theories y'all have about why Leo didn't kiss Cat *cries* and what Nico's mysterious secret is.

Okie dokie, I shall stop my endless rambling now.

Thanks a million, everyone!

Elnarya

P.S. I think all the help from my beta is helping to improve my crazy writing, yay!

P.P.S. I just realized how much I love using parentheses (like why am I so weird?)

P.P.P.S. You didn't really expect me to shut up, did you?

P.P.P.P.S. Why are you still reading? Dedication right there.

Okay I'll shut up for real now *ignores my brain telling me to write ha got you* (seriously, why are my muses so crazy when I write A/N's? Like they have more ideas for the notes than the story!) (oops there I go with the parentheses again. Also I just realized the word 'parent' is in the word parentheses *thinks deeply about that*)

Ahem. Bye for real now! *slaps muse*