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her father canonically has consistently undermined rachel. i’m going to be paraphrasing and speaking off memory but:

in the opening lines of the last olympian, before rachel even mentions the situation revolving clarion’s, percy asks her if her father is “giving you a hard time again”.

rachel states her father doing nice things to her is rare and it feels “almost worse” and thinks he only does this to make her feel bad (which she does, and percy immediately tells and fears for her about)

when rachel tells her father he only cares about their reputation, percy notes that he looks unsurprised, as if her father has heard rachel say this before.

when rachel hugs her father and says she’ll make him proud, percy states that her father was 1. clearly surprised by the hug, as if it weren’t a common occurrence, and 2. his features made it obvious that he was being manipulative.

in ToA, when she comes to camp after an increased influence by the mortal world, apollo states she looks nothing like herself. she’s straightened her hair, she’s thinner, her outfit makes her look like an “ancient farmer’s wife”. apollo says in his internal monologue she looks nothing like herself. she only starts to look more like herself when her oracle powers return.

neglect is inherently harmful as well and something rachel’s parents do so severely that rachel believes no one would even notice if she went missing (mentioned in BoTL)

these manipulative behaviours don’t just switch off overnight. he doesn’t only do this once. rachel hasn’t only made these conclusions about her father after a singular experience. rachel has noticed a pattern in her father’s behaviour, one percy has also noticed and fears for her for and one apollo has noticed the clear influence of.

And for those people who have access to mobility devices but might benefit from a second chair they can abuse without risking expensive damage…

Erik Kondo has made a website, Open Source Innovations, that details plans for DIY wheelchairs. These wheelchairs can be made from common materials like wood, plastic, and pvc. They are lightweight and can be custom fit to the user allowing from the same degree of movement you would get from a custom chair. And they are durable and easily repairable. (he has been stress testing his latest design by dropping it down stairs, dropping it out of a car, launching it across a driveway, and throwing it off a deck). Its 12lbs and I think he said its was in the $200 ish range for parts.

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