Bruises and Books
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8. our own world
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Percy sighed as he looked up at the clouded sky. He recognized that rain would be falling shortly, but he could not bring himself to care. Rain was the least of his worries: there was a war being waged. He was shortly joined by Marcus. Marcus didn't care about the rain either. Marcus did care about Percy, whether Percy was aware of it or not was a separate story altogether. Percy cared about Marcus too, but he never shared that information. Marcus knew about that anyway. Together they watched the lightning strike.
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Thanks to my reviewers: imakeeper, Don't Panic, Catri Howlman-Carthaki spy, FallenShateiel, and everyone who has this story on alert.
I should have explained this last chapter, but sugar pills come with birth control pills: they are the placebo.
