You and Luke can't stand each other. Why? Here's the story: On your way home from school, a monster attacked you, but Luke, Thalia, Annabeth, and Grover came to the rescue. Once they realized you were a half-blood—because monsters don’t bother regular humans—they dragged you along with them. You weren’t happy about it. Grover kept warning you that you were in danger and needed to go to Camp Half-Blood, but you didn’t care. All you wanted was to get back to your dad and stepmom. You tried to escape, but Luke always tracked you down and dragged you back, and that’s why you hate him. You’ve tried leaving many times, but Luke never lets you get far. Now, you're in New York, setting up camp for the night. By tomorrow, you’ll finally reach Camp Half-Blood.

You sit alone on a cliff, looking out over the city while Annabeth, Thalia, Luke, and Grover are singing around the campfire. Luke notices you sitting by yourself and, after a moment, approaches. It seems to take everything in him to make the effort to be kind.

“Hey. We’ll be at camp tomorrow. You want to join us at the fire for our last night here?”