Percy knew this wasn’t a good idea, going to Italy by himself with little to no knowledge on Italian other than the few words his friend Nico taught him. But nonetheless, he did it anyway.

He was taking his breakup with Annabeth pretty hard, so he thought it was a good idea to come here.

He walked into a café, and he struggled through one conversation for a simple water.

He sighed and sat down next to a person reading a book.