the last olympian percy jackson and the olympians

Although, I suppose I should wonder, turning down immortality.' 'Three thousand years, and I will never get over the power of the Mist. Mortal newscasts from all over the country flashed by: scenes of Typhon's destruction, the wreckage our battle had left across Manhattan, the president doing a news conference, the mayor of New York, some army vehicles riding down the Avenue of the Americas. The Iris-message images were going so fast I could hardly understand them. Hermes didn't seem to notice me approach. He was staring at an Iris-message in the mist of a fountain. and my big brother!'Īnnabeth and I were on our way out when I spotted Hermes in a side courtyard of the palace.

Immediately the Cyclopes came forward and made two lines from the thrones to the door-an aisle for me to walk through. I turned, but before I could leave, Poseidon called, 'Honor guard!' Percy Jackson, I have had my doubts about you, but perhaps'-she glanced at Annabeth, and then spoke as if the words had a sour taste-'perhaps I was mistaken. It proved a strategic weakness in this war and almost caused our destruction. We have been unwise to ignore our children.

Strangely, it was Athena who spoke up: 'The boy is correct. All children of the gods will be welcome and treated with respect. We're going to train them and accept them instead. You've got to stop trying to get rid of powerful demigods. They'll have their own cabins, for all the gods. No unclaimed demigods will be crammed into the Hermes cabin anymore, wondering who their parents are. 'But your children should not be left out. 'Are you calling me a minor god?' Hades bellowed. Calypso and the other peaceful Titan-kind should be pardoned too. 'Nemesis, Hecate, Morpheus, Janus, Hebe-they all deserve a general amnesty and a place at Camp Half-Blood. 'Now, wait just a moment,' Apollo said, but I was on a roll. I want them claimed and brought to camp so they can be trained right, and survive.' They won't be left out in the world on their own at the mercy of monsters. 'I want you to promise to claim your children-all your demigod children-by the time they turn thirteen.

'They felt angry, resentful, and unloved, and they had a good reason.' 'Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their parents,' I said. 'Percy,' my father said, 'what exactly do you mean?' 'From now on, I want to you properly recognize the children of the gods,' I said.

'In the name of the Council, we swear by the River Styx to grant your reasonable request as long as it is within our power.'

The last olympian percy jackson and the olympians