Yep, [ comes the answer with a grin, because the other option is to feel embarrassed, and leo's not about that life. and besides — having lived surrounded by other demigods for a good amount of time, "people with powers" is starting to be the new norm for him.

(with a stab of guilt, he thinks of calypso back home, calypso who willingly gave up her powers and immortality to leave her island with him.)

which is why he says, with a solid, sincere tone with no ounce of joking left, ]

Not that there's anything wrong with not having powers. For most of my life I didn't even want to have any. And some of the best, most terrifyingly awesome people I know don't have any.

[ calypso, again, but also annabeth. percy's girlfriend and the de facto leader of their quest is a force of nature without being able to command any elements at all. ]

But, hey, Craft works! Come on, man, let's go make this winter wonderland as little less winter-y.