Soldat is less disturbed, more fascinated. What the hell. There's flying, and skeletons, and kids who don't like to be touched, and the fucking. Nineteen-thirties. Seriously. (Also, what the fuck is a crush and why is it so important that it be on this Percy person?)

They frown at the opal, thoughtful and a little confused. Jason's answer is almost absent. "I hardly remembered anything, then. Felt natural when I started. Especially with people who don't know anything about combat. Might've been from that. Got no idea how many groups of little girls I had a hand in training, but enough that it was familiar then. In the only way things felt familiar, back then, anyway." Which is to say, the prominent "know things without remembering why" that Jason would have experienced.