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[commandertoolbelt]

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[commandertoolbelt]

[ Leo beams over at him. ]

A lot friendlier. These guys didn’t even try to steal my tool belt! They were mostly curious about the Blessing of Hephaestus and being the son of a god. They got over it pretty quick, though.

[ The dwarves don’t treat him any better or worse than they do any of their own numbers. That’s the reason he feels so comfortable there, though sometimes they ask him some weird questions about his shard that he never really knows how to answer. It’s a small thing, though; most of the time, he can just focus on the apprenticeship and no one is bothered by it. ]

It’s mostly basic stuff, [ he explains with a shrug. ] The most common is fire magic to keep the forges going, but they teach all kinds of basic stuff, so you learn a little of everything. It’s part of how they enchant the metal when they’re forging something.

Their specialty is this cog and gear sort of stuff, though, and they’ve been teaching me. It’s about the closest I can get to actual working mechanics outside of the Station.

Oh the irony of this in retrospect

[roman_hands]

So, here's the big question then:

[Jason is still in good spirits as they touch down.]

Have you figured out how to make a video game console yet?

[He bumps Leo on the shoulder with a grin.]

I get it though, enchanted weapons and armor being more important, of course I do. Do you have a favorite place you want to show me while we're in there? First, last, I don't care.

[He's picturing large cavernous rooms like the one that - filled with water - nearly drowned him along with Percy and Piper. Instead of filled with water, would they be filled with the smoke of forges and sparks of magic? Would they each be multi-leveled on the sides or just one grand room at a time?]

[commandertoolbelt]

I wish, [ he says with a laugh as he dismounts, leading the way up to the gates. ] I’m still figuring it out. But don’t you worry, dude, I’ll have our own personal X-Box before the year’s up.

Kaio’s shrine is first, [ Leo replies firmly. ] Man, I wish you could meet him. He’s the new god of fire - a puppy, if you can believe that.

[roman_hands]

[A new god of fire means that something happened to the old one, which Jason still only has vague knowledge of. He can only imagine it's something that's been important to Leo.]

I can believe in a fire pup, sure - I care more about how you're holding up if the fire god's that young. He can't have much control over fire yet.

[And thus make Leo's life kind of crappy, maybe.]

But hey if you two are friends, I'll definitely pay my respects at the shrine.

[commandertoolbelt]

He’s got plenty of control, he just isn’t that strong yet, [ Leo explains, pausing to kick the gates and call for the dwarves to open up. When they don’t answer immediately, he shrugs and continues, ] It just means we can’t use fire magic unless he’s nearby.

[ He grins up at Jason, eyes sparkling. ] And no, we’re totally not friends! I only helped create him.

[roman_hands]

[That comment earns a literal jaw-drop from Jason. He mouths 'create' with a very awestruck expression on his face. Of all the people to appreciate what it means to influence the 'lives' of the gods and have them affect your lives in return, Jason and his fellow demigod friends are definitely high on the list to understand the weight of so simple a sentence.

Basically, a lack of dwarven gatekeepers is the farthest thing from his mind.]

W...hen did this happen, Leo?

[commandertoolbelt]

[ That wild grin of his doesn’t move an inch. He’d been counting on getting a good reaction out of that, and Jason definitely delivered. ]

About a month or so ago, [ he says casually, as if they were talking about the weather. ] We lost fire magic for a while, so even I couldn’t do anything. Then the master of the forge here asked me to help him with something, I did, and next thing I know, there’s a new god running around the forge. Probably the cutest god you’ll ever see, too, [ Leo adds cheerfully. ]

[roman_hands]

[It's not hard to get a reaction like that for Leo. He knows how to play Jason because Jason's so predictable, but he doesn't do it on purpose at least.]

Schmoozing with the master of the forge, new fire god...

[Jason just shakes his head in clear amazement, then gets more serious again.]

I'm not surprised, Leo, it's just... I feel like people here must have finally given you these opportunities you always deserved. And I'm bummed it took you being here to get that.