You don't have to go through this alone anymore. Good words to hear from anyone; overwhelmingly more so, to hear from her brother, to the point where her eyes sting abruptly.

"Yes," is all she says in response to that, and takes his arm to draw him after her toward the stairs. If she clings a little bit harder than she needs to, well, no one but Percy has to know that.

"The library's on deck three. There's something strange going on with languages here, I suspect you've noticed by now ..."