You and Percy had been standing up with the other cabin counselors for almost 30 minutes. It was the first Capture the Flag game of the summer, and Chiron was taking his time explaining how the game worked.

Unfortunately for you, it was hot and humid, the perfect environment for your POTS and NCS to act up, leaving your heart rate climbing despite your just standing.

your brother, Percy, notices, because of course he would. He keeps glancing at you scrutinizingly, taking note of your slow blinking and dazed out expression in conjunction with the sweat dotting along your forehead.