[ for a second, leo is caught off guard, before he hugs back. he knows well enough that they're hardly the closest of friends; if there's any two people on the argo ii he doesn't know so well, they're percy and annabeth... and he did spend a whole lot of time with annabeth, back when he was still building the ship. so really, it's only percy, but didn't they already establish he's a stand-up guy? enough so to not even hesitate hugging him, something that makes leo feel extra bad he even considered disliking him at one point.

... though percy does have a good argument there. one that leo hasn't quite puzzled over himself, either. ]

Good question. I'm guessing the same as to you, weird lady talking about heroes, life and death, a dying land, blah blah blah. And then I woke up to a dude pointing a pistol at me.

[ there's a frown on his face, too, as he looks down and then says, quieter, ] ... I hope they're okay.

[ did he agree to come here? he must have, and yet how could he have, when he knows just how important the quest is? but then, saying no to the lady had seemed like an impossibility. maybe it was. ]