Sally: This isn't fair.
Poseidon: No it isn't.
Sally: And I'm failing.
Poseidon: No, you're not.
Sally: I'm going to take him to camp.
Poseidon: Are you sure?
Sally: What other choice do I have? He and I, living together in the city? It's starting to attract attention from your world. A winged horse followed him to school. It saw him, he saw it. Sooner or later, it's not gonna just be pretty things following him. At camp, he will be safe.
Poseidon: You don't want him at camp.
Sally: No, no. No, I don't.
Poseidon: Tell me why.
Sally: You don't want to hear why.
Poseidon: Probably not. But you have no one to say it to...and maybe that's the most unfair part of it. You say it, and I will listen.
Sally: I want him to know who he is... before your family tries to tell him who they want him to be. He is better than that. He has better things in him than that.
Poseidon: Then I think you have your answer. He's going to go to school... and he is gonna learn things that you can't teach him there. And it's gonna be hard for the both of you. It's gonna be torture for the both of you... but he will be stronger for it on the other side. His mother raised him well.
Sally: ...Do you want to talk to him? I know you shouldn't, but... maybe just to hear your voice.
[Poseidon turns to his forbidden son sitting alone at the table, unaware of his presence. A long pause, then thunder can be heard.]
Poseidon: One day... one day, when he's ready. When he knows who he is and where he belongs, and fate has revealed to him his true path. On that day... I'll be right by his side.
Poseidon: No it isn't.
Sally: And I'm failing.
Poseidon: No, you're not.
Sally: I'm going to take him to camp.
Poseidon: Are you sure?
Sally: What other choice do I have? He and I, living together in the city? It's starting to attract attention from your world. A winged horse followed him to school. It saw him, he saw it. Sooner or later, it's not gonna just be pretty things following him. At camp, he will be safe.
Poseidon: You don't want him at camp.
Sally: No, no. No, I don't.
Poseidon: Tell me why.
Sally: You don't want to hear why.
Poseidon: Probably not. But you have no one to say it to...and maybe that's the most unfair part of it. You say it, and I will listen.
Sally: I want him to know who he is... before your family tries to tell him who they want him to be. He is better than that. He has better things in him than that.
Poseidon: Then I think you have your answer. He's going to go to school... and he is gonna learn things that you can't teach him there. And it's gonna be hard for the both of you. It's gonna be torture for the both of you... but he will be stronger for it on the other side. His mother raised him well.
Sally: ...Do you want to talk to him? I know you shouldn't, but... maybe just to hear your voice.
[Poseidon turns to his forbidden son sitting alone at the table, unaware of his presence. A long pause, then thunder can be heard.]
Poseidon: One day... one day, when he's ready. When he knows who he is and where he belongs, and fate has revealed to him his true path. On that day... I'll be right by his side.
— Percy's parents talking about the difficulties of raising their son in "We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of"
