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    It was her blessing, she thinks. Her blessing is why he survived the River. Her blessing is why he survived the war, the fight with Luke. Her blessing is why he can’t get up in the mornings. Her blessing, born from guilt, is a curse.

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    19 Aug 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 21

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    No one could ever know.

    Because if they did know, they would think he was a little attention seeker. If he was struggling so much, why would he ever broadcast it? People who were actually struggling did everything in their power to make sure nobody ever knew, and if others suddenly found out, then he wouldn’t be able to do it anymore, which sucked, because he liked doing it. If he told people he needed help. If he showed people. He’d just be a little attention seeker. Not actually struggling. If he really wanted to hurt himself and punish himself then telling someone would diminish all of that.

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    Leo is really struggling, and he really wants help, but a small (big) part of him doesn't think he actually deserves it.

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    07 Aug 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 8

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    Leo Valdez was fine, completely and utterly fine. Sure, he basically lived in the bunker, and wasn't really invited anywhere, or did anything with anyone, or talked to anyone, mostly because it was his fault, but he was fine.

    Actually, no, that was a lie. Leo was kind of lonely, not kind of, very lonely. But he was fine, he didn't need anybody anyway.

    Right?

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    This is just a projection don't actually read this

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    07 Aug 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 19

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    ...and now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life.

    Leo has given everything to the seven, but they don't care. They live in a separate reality to him. One where he's not really invited into.

    No one notices.

    No one cares.

    But one movie sleepover Sally Jackson notices.

    And she cares.

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    07 Aug 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 49

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    “I’m a son of Hades, remember?” Nico said, his eyebrows furrowing like he was hesitating with his next words, and then barreling on. “I can sense when someone is dying,” he stated, lifting his hands and jerking them in a way that encompassed all of Leo.

    And, what? That clarified absolutely nothing. Leo had already died, gone up in a fiery explosion along with his entire reason for existence. And then the Physician’s Cure had brought him back to life, somehow making his death even more meaningless.

    “Not just physically,” Nico tacked on. “Mentally, too.”

    Leo’s eyes widened, and he scrambled to his feet, breath hitching as the quick movement caused a flash of pain in his arm. He stumbled back, putting a good ten feet of distance between the two of them, his mind racing.

    Nope. Absolutely not. He was not having some mental health intervention with the literal Prince-of-Death-and-all-Things-Emo.

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    07 Aug 2026