Nico's Treatment

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But has anyone discussed the Camps' treatment of Nico after the war? I mean...

Everyone's on the fence about Nico
Camp Jupiter's still wary because he lied to them about being the Ambassador of Pluto and being Roman as opposed to Greek, but at the same time he helped heal the rift and Reyna approves of him, but nonetheless they still can't forget the lie
And Camp Half-Blood knows he knew about the Romans but told no one, and that he lied to Percy about not knowing him, but at the same time he got their statue back, and was great
On top of all that, he's the son of Hades and whilst Hazel's the daughter of Pluto he's so much more creepier because who actually has the power to control the dead
(And someone probably accidentally spread the fact that Nico had literally turned Bryce Lawrence into a ghost, like who in the name of Hades can do that??)
(It's almost scarier than Percy when he gets fighting.)
So for the next few days, people are wary around him, particularly when Hazel leaves.
(Though no one misses the second hug that Reyna and Frank give him)
(Everyone in Camp Jupiter's buzzing about the fact that Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano is hugging people, I mean, what's the world coming to?)
Now, it's just the whole of Camp Half-Blood scrutinising Nico, and aren't they surprised?
Whilst they're all cautious of him, they see the affection that the Seven and a few others shower him with (relatively) (it's obvious he's not a huge fan of public affection)
Jason's hug makes them consider things, maybe a bit. I mean, he was one of the ones who killed Gaia, right? He can't have that bad judgement.
And then Piper keeps bugging him about eating more (Hazel asked her to, but she probably would have done it anyway), and he does, and everyone's wondering where the hell he keeps that food?
By this point everyone's a bit more sure that he won't get annoyed and turn the whole camp into a bunch of ghosts, but still, the guy's creepy
The real change is mostly when people realise that Will ordered him to the infirmary instead of him just hanging out there for three days
And everyone wonders how someone who's so scary can be ordered around by someone as mellow and normal as Will.
When everyone sees him teaching Cecil how to play Mythomagic and just being a giant dorky five year old about it ("That's not how you do it", "You're such a moron, why the hell would you do that," "Loser, I'm kicking your ass," then they kind of question why they were ever terrified of him
(And then a monster finds its way too the borders of Camp Half-Blood and he pretty much melts it into the shadows and they're just wonder if they should be scared of him or if they should cuddle him.)
(Honestly, this kid's just switches between the terrifying son of Hades who can turn people to ghosts to that little dog that everyone can't help but love.)

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