"You did what to him?"

Dinnertime had Sally and Paul's had become a regular thing for Percy and Annabeth. Sally's food was worthy of its own throne in Olympus and along with Paul's 'dad jokes', Percy's stupid childhood stories and mentions about the latest monster attacks, it was the perfect quality family time.

They were talking about Percy's first year at Camp and the little story about Medusa's head had come up. Somehow, Paul hadn't heard this one before, which ended up as becoming quite the conversation.

"So I was standing next to him, and he picks up the head, sticks it into a box, and mails it off to Olympus, right, to piss off the Gods. Now skip forward a bit, and he finds the head again, Poseidon sent it back with a note or whatever. So he gives the box to Sally and we go back to Camp, right?"

"Yeah. We went back to Camp for the last couple weeks or something and then I get a letter from mom saying she had sold a 'garden statue' and was gonna leave the candy shop and get a bigger apartment."

"Wait I didn't get it," Paul looked from Percy to Annabeth before continuing, "which statue?"

Annabeth was the first to answer. "Oh you know how looking directly at Medusa makes you turn into stone right? Technically you have to look at her face, not just her body or whatever. And Percy gave Sally the head. So when Gabe's friends came over for their next poker thingy, she turned all of them into stone."

Paul's face blanched. He looked from Annabeth to Sally with wide eyes. "You turned your ex-husband into stone? That's like, murdering him!"

"Oh come on Paul, it wasn't a big deal. No-one was gonna miss them, they were all abusive asses. You know how he treated me and Percy."

"Exactly Paul, mom did the right thing. She made the world a better place."

"But-but you told me he left."

"Paul we had just met, you didn't know about all these Gods and Goddesses and monster things. I liked you, I didn't want to scare you away. I liked you. And if you're really concerned about it, I'm sure I can talk to Poseidon, maybe he can do something about it..."

"No, no, it's okay, it's okay. But I think I'll get myself another drink before we continue this conversation."

Paul walked over to the cabinet in the dining room to pour himself a drink. Annabeth gave Percy a concerned look. He quickly followed Paul.

"Hey Paul, listen, killing monsters and stuff is normal in our life. Gabe was just a monster in human attire. To be honest, I've met monsters who were way better than him. Tyson is a Cyclops! So like, chill, okay? Mom's not gonna change you I to stone." He gave Paul a reassuring smile.

"Yeah I suppose you're right. But do tell me this Perce, where is the head now?"

Percy smirked at Paul, and turned to walk back into the lounge.

"Percy, Percy! Answer me Percy!"