"Some people have been fucking it up for thousands of years." Not that Vex thought she and Percy were in that group. Not really. She wasn't going to be like her father or anything.

"Don't mind me, darling. I just pushed a tiny person out of my body a few days ago – as you know, since you were there – and and discovering sleep and things like coherent thought are luxuries of the past. On the other hand," her gaze shifted again to Elaina, hand smoothing over her tiny head before taking off the equally tiny hat when she felt the slightest bit warm, and revealing the delicate points of her ears.