[thank the gods someone's here to try to calm Leo down because Percy just ain't helping. he's not used to demigods who don't listen to him anymore, he finds...at least, ones who aren't Clarisse and some of the other Ares kids.

well, Annabeth always helped in situations like this too. maybe Susato is their Annabeth, loosely.]

We don't have all of the technology we have at home. I never said we couldn't add defenses, but if we meet peaceful people out there we also don't need to look like a complete warship. It's an exploration, not a war. If people see something like that and don't know us, they might get the wrong idea.

[he's just saying.]