No one said a word when they noticed the glow. Will sighed, noticing their staring. "What's wrong?"

  "Hail Will Solace, son of Apollo- god of the sun, light, healing, music, poetry,  archery, reason and prophecy." Announced Chiron and a small group of kids cheer at a different table.

"Welcome to the Apollo Cabin, Will! I'm the head consuleor, Lee Fletcher."

  Will just simply nodded. "Hi." He walked over to the table and sat down quietly.

He overheard whispering. "What's wrong with him?"

"His mom died or something."

"Poor kid."

"Oh quiet Silena!"

"What? I'm being sympathetic to the kid, unlike you Clarisse!"

"I'm nice!"

"You're planning some sort of weird welcome bullying, and we both know it. Lay off him."

Maybe they weren't really quiet as they were at different tables.

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The night was uneventful after that. He was shown his cabin and his bed, but then he didn't speak besides once. "Why do we train to fight? I'd rather heal than hurt." Lee smiles at him.

"That's actually what a lot of us Apollo Cabin kids do. We train because we want to protect our patients while in the infirmary, but we run the infirmary and are the doctors."

For a second, Will lights up happily
before settling back into his sad demetor.

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Nico hated this. He couldn't visit his Will any more.

"I WANT TO VISIT MY WILL!"

"In due time son."