[ He's seen the shades of gray in the world, and in the afterlife. Asphodel is full of the gray - people who weren't good enough or bad enough. They drift like the ghosts they are, with no memories and no hope of rebirth. ]

Been in a lot of wars, have you?

[ Nico's been around for three, even if two were of the demigod fashion and one was more of a small-scale version. He doesn't expect everyone to have the same opinion. Just like he's going to have his own. ]

That's me.

[ 'Death kid' isn't that far off from 'Death boy' as far as nicknames go. Were he in a different mood, he might protest the use of 'kid'. ]

How do you change something that's been "normal" for such a long time? I don't agree that pushing their ideas on someone is the right thing to do, or that calling names will do any good. But you're right. I wasn't here when the argument blew up.

I don't know the whole story from both sides. All I did was what I wanted. I took the advice of someone who's looking out for me not to join both. "Some deaths cannot be prevented" is something I know very well - whether it be a friend or some misguided individual that I'd like to punch in the face.