Calypso cleaned the dirt off herself as her invisible servants cleaned her cave. She glanced over at the boy, who she now knew was called Leo. She frowned at him, wondering when he would leave.
So... I get why you are angry. You probably never want to see another demigod again. I guess that didn't sit right when, uh, Percy left you-" Leo started.
"He was only the latest," Calypso told him, her words sounding more harsh than she intended. "Before him, it was that pirate Drake. And before him, Odysseus. They were all the same! The gods send me the greatest heroes, the ones I can't help but- but..." Calypso couldn't finish her sentence. Even though it had been a while since those heroes had visited Ogygia, it still hurt a little to talk about them.
"You fall in love with them," Leo finished for her. "And then they leave you.
Hearing the words spoken out loud, Calypso began to cry again. "That is my curse," she told him, her voice cracking. "I hoped to be free of it by now, but here I am, still stuck on Ogygia after three thousand years."
"Three thousand..." Leo exclaimed. He looked surprised to learn her age. It took a moment for Calypso to realize that three thousand was a lot compared to the life of a mortal half blood. "You look good for three thousand."
Calypso would have smiled at that comment, but she was still too sad. "and now... the worst insult of all. The gods mock me by sending you." The words left her mouth before she could stop them. Calypso watched as Leo's face flickered with anger. She had hurt him again. What was wrong with her? Calypso usually wasn't like this. She just couldn't bring herself to be nice to this new visitor, not when the risk of being burned by a hero again hung over her.
"Fine!" Leo said finally. "I'll leave you alone. I'll build something myself and get off this stupid island without your help."
Calypso shook her head, wondering why he hadn't realized what she already had. "You don't understand, do you? The gods are laughing at both of us. If the raft will not appear, that means they have closed Ogygia. You are stuck here the same as me. You can never leave."
And with that, Leo turned around and left Calypso's cave. Calypso couldn't hold it in any longer. She broke out in heart wrenching sobs, the kind that only that only the truly brokenhearted can produce. She collapsed right there on the floor, and folded herself up in the fetal position. After about an hour or so, she finally stood up, and wiped away her tears.