You've got that right. [He turns his head toward the sound of her fingers but he doesn't quite look at her yet. This is still unsettling even if death isn't really something new to demigods. It's more puzzling than anything.]

I don't think either of us would have suspected somebody would sink to this level this early on, Alice. [He certainly hadn't.] But that means things are going to get even more interesting the longer we're here, won't they?