True to his word, Nico left the next morning and shadow traveled to where he had met Carter and Sadie for the first time. It wasn't their fault Anubis had lied to him, so he couldn't really hate them. If anything, Anubis had probably lied to them, too.
That made Nico's dislike for him grow even more.
He shadow traveled into the mansion instead of breaking down the door. He expected to see the remnants of a battle and sorrowful faces, but there were kids of all ages lounged around and plates of breakfast in their laps. Everything was clean and nothing was broken as if there had never been a battle at all.
"Carter?" Nico called, looking around the area he was in. He caught the attention of a seven-year-old boy, who jumped from his seat and ran to Nico. "Who are you?! You look like that one god of death from Mythomagic. Are you related? He's Greek and we're Egyptian but still..."
"Felix, calm down. He just got here." Nico had never been so happy to see Carter before. The dark skinned boy came over quickly, no doubt to save him from Felix. "Nico, it's good to see you."
"You, too, Carter." Nico reached out to shake his hand. "Did the battle go well? I-I...I would have been here if I could, I promise."
"I know. Why don't we go talk privately? Because I'm sure your...side of things will come up."
Nico nodded, no doubt that Carter wanted to keep the Greek gods from the others there. He followed him out of the room and into the bedroom that was saved for Nico, which remained unused.
"I don't want you all to think I abandoned you." Nico blurted out. "I didn't mean to. Anubis-"
"He told us you were dying. But you look okay." Carter's eyes swept Nico over. "I mean, you aren't dead."
Nico looked at him in confusion. "Anubis told you? You mean...he actually did something right for once? Hm. But this isn't really about that. I don't know how much I should tell you, but I know I need to warn you. Don't trust the gods fully, ever. And if you ever need me, go to a graveyard and ask for Anubis. He'll get the message to me."
And with that, Nico shadow traveled away, not waiting to see Carter's reaction to his warning. He didn't want to deal with the Egyptians or with their gods. He just...didn't want to deal with anyone.