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Camp Half Blood Campers' Correspondence a Year Later-[Lucas Pitt-Bradley to Iola Bradley]
Dear Miss Iola,
My accommodations this year have improved some since last year when the camp was filled with apprehension and preparation. I am relieved to find that in spite of the increased confusion that accompanied the sudden influx of new campers, the sense of hygiene is continuing to improve. The regulations have no not slacked and several of my new found half siblings insist on cleanliness. Several of the camps newest, senior members as well have also begun instructing their campers in how to clean. This year there is a promise of an ice-cream party for the cabin that is the most consistently clean, and baklava for the runners up. To our most pleasant surprise, the spirit of competition has incited the Ares cabin to meticulously clean up after themselves.
Many of all the minor god cabins seem to have given up on the competition all together. While their parents and the major gods are required to acknowledge them, their cabins still remain much smaller than the major cabins and are treated as such. There is a fairly clear division between the campers of the major cabins and the minor cabins. It is a division that many of our senior members had hoped to avoid at great costs, but it is a division that occurred none-the-less. For clearly children of a practically unheard of ocean god cannot hold equal rank of a child of Aphrodite or Apollo. Some of the minor cabins hold their own better than others for they have the man-power and have earned their keep. Even within the major cabins, there is dissent and a clear hierarchy. When one's head counselor is a great hero, physically invulnerable, has untamed strength or can summon the undead as will, it's difficult to argue with their natural superiority, even if they can't dress themselves with any sense of taste. Basically any hierarchy that existed amongst the gods, even if they did promise to treat all as equals, has been translated onto their children at camp. Our senior members and at least some of our head counselors do what they can to bridge the gaps whenever possible, but equal distribution is quite impossible. I'm afraid that even though the reward for our key assistance in saving the know world was acceptance for all, the minor godlings are still minor. Too many have faded along side ones that will never fade.
I am unsure how to end this letter, dear miss, but do know that I am well. My siblings and myself are all in good humor as our roles and expectations have changed little. Hold strong while I am away, for I separate myself from you only so that I may return to you the stronger.
Forever yours,
Lucas
Aphrodite Cabin – Cabin 10