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Percy lets himself sink into the depths of his father's domain. The salt water currents lick at his limbs, healing the various burns and cuts he accumulated from the pit. It's been a few hours since they fought their way out. The consuming pain-anger-fear that had possessed Percy in the pit was quickly fading, and in its place is horror and guilt at what he had done. Percy knows that he's powerful. More powerful than he has any right to be. Powerful enough to scare mortals, immortals and gods alike. But he has always done his best to keep that power dormant, and use trickery, cunning and his sword fighting skills to defeat his enemies. He doesn't want people to fear him. He doesn't want to be a bully, getting his way because people fear what he's capable of doing to them if they oppose him. The horrors that he faced: Arachne, the flock of Arai demons and Ahklys, had eroded that. He had lost sight of himself. The pit was a land of cruelty and monsters, and Percy had become one. He had tortured Ahklys with her own domains - poison and misery. Aka. Fresh out of Tartarus, Percy reflects on his actions. Poseidon offers a wise perspective.

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