You know, the . . . ( he’d love to explain, he would, it’s just this guy’s giving him homeless guy wandering around san francisco energy — and yes, percy would know, considering his stint of running penniless and memoryless through california.

directly in spite of the fact that very little shocks him anymore, he gives Pushing Mid-Life Crisis with an Invisible Friend Guy an over-emphasized sigh of relief. drops the rooster feather lei in his hand and goes along with it. yes and, right? because if none of this is real and it's all some wacky god-induced dream, you better believe he's messing with people. )

Yes. Oh my gods, yes. I didn't want to be the first one to say it. Frankly, I'm a little concerned with what he's doing. ( a pause, surely not struggling to improvise. ) What is he doing?