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"Uuuggghh, I just had the weirdest dream Annabe-" Percy yelped as he fully opened his eyes. "You'e not Annabeth!"
The blond girl in front of him frowned. "I'm not. Who's Annabeth?"
Percy looked around, confused. The room in front of him did not look like his cabin. Or any of the cabins, actually. It just looked like... a really fancy bedroom. "Where in the world am I?"
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The girl hesitated a little before answering, "The Lost Cities. I woke up this morning and I heard you outside, shouting something about... secrets? And... blue cake? I don't know, it was weird. But I brought you in here, and then you calmed down and started mumbling about Annabeth. Is she..." The girl hesitated again, maybe sensing the question was personal, then said, "Is she your... girlfriend?"
Percy blushed, wondering what he said. "Uh, yeah. Is she here too? Also... Lost Cities? Where is that? Are we anywhere near New York?"
The blond girl frowned. "Actually, I'm not sure. I don't think so, but maybe if I had a map..." Then she looked at Percy again. "Oh..."
"Oh what? Am I drooling? I know Annabeth said I do that, but I wouldn't know-"
The girl shook her head. "No, it's just... I probably shouldn't be talking to you. Humans aren't really allowed in the Lost Cities. But I don't have a pathfinder right now... so you'll just have to stay here."
Percy understood about 0 percent of what she just said, but nodded anyway. He knew from experience the best way to talk to people was to pretend you understood what they said.
"So... I stay here? In this room? Are you like, super rich or something?" The girl smiled.
"That's what I first thought too. But this is actually a normal size for a bedroom here."
Percy's jaw dropped. "So... all the bedrooms in the... Lost Cities are ginormous?"
The blond girl actually laughed. Percy got the impression that didn't happen often. "Pretty much. Oh, by the way, I'm Sophie."
"Percy. But uh, you're not, like, a monster or anything, right? I feel like I always have to check."
Sophie smiled again. "Nope, not a monster. I mean, unless you count a 'saving-the-world-monster.'" (Also I know this is so bad- I couldn't think of anything else)
Percy stared at her. "You saved the world?" Sophie suddenly looked uncomfortable. "Um... yeah?"
Percy smiled. "So did I. Twice, actually."
Sophie laughed. "Come on. You can meet my parents."