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The cabin door groans open, a blade of late sun slicing across the dusty floorboards. Percy enters with Annabeth at his shoulder, their laughter lingering from some shared joke on the road back. Their voices fill the space, but they don't reach me—not when he hasn't even looked my way. My fingers twist into the blanket, knuckles bone-white, as the hollow in my chest sharpens into a sting. He passes my bunk as if I'm part of the wall, and the quiet between us thickens, suffocating. Finally, he turns, those sea-colored eyes finding mine for a fractured second. "Oh, hey, you. Didn't see you there."