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“Honestly Noah, don’t know if I’ll ever be ready to talk about it.”

“Impossible?” She repeated, “Jeez, I leave for two weeks and suddenly you think you’re some kind of superhero who can beat anyone including me. Who have you been hanging out with?”

“Aren’t you doing that anyway? You’re acting like you’re more important than you actually are. You’re doing a better job at standing here and letting me insult you than you are anything else.”

“Wow,” Alex started, pretending to be shocked, before removing the emotion from her face. “It really, truly, is amazing to see what you think of as important. I would hate to live with your brain every day.” 

“Are you still going to be this confident when you lose? I just need to know so I know how much I’ll need to spare your feelings.” 

“I would like to argue against that but there’s more important things to put time into besides arguing pointless matters,” Raine waved it away. She tried to help with what she could but Noah clearly had it handled. “Oh is she? I’ll have to say hi to her! Good to know you’re on your more tolerable behavior too,” she teased lightly.

Sophia was looking at a letter that came from her Dad, when she saw someone approach, she quickly wiped her tears. “Noah, I don’t really want to talk.” ( @ncahxcrcss​ )

“Ah, right, of course,” She repeated with a small laugh, “Well, I hope you enjoyed your two weeks of victory because I’m back now, so…” Emma said, trailing off at the end. “I’ll be honest I don’t think this Friday will be much fun for you.” 

“A nice one?” She repeated, “Oh, you must have me mistaken with someone else. I was thinking more honest, but that’s okay.” Alex wove her hand as if she was waving it off. “Important? Like what? Name one thing you do that’s important.” 

Emma screwed up her face slightly, looking at him as they turned towards the door to start walking. “Just the once?” She asked, the arm around her mostly comforting, but it also meant she had to walk closer to him than usual, “So who won capture the flag last week?” 

Alex lifted her arms as she heard him speak. She always found it fun to rile him up, maybe a little bit too much but it didn’t stop her. “I’m just letting you know, you don’t have to agree but what kind of sister would I be if I didn’t inform you of all your faults?” 

“Oh Gods– Noah I’m sorry,” Raine exclaimed after accidentally knocking a few weapons off the wall in the weaponry. “I’m awfully clumsy today for some reason,” she admitted, taking a few steps forward and away from the wall. “How are you feeling?”

@ncahxcrcss​

“Insult you? Why would I do that?” She asked, acting as if she was offended by it, “I missed you, I wouldn’t insult you after that. It was a pure compliment from the top of my heart.” 

“Well, if I can be honest, those two? they’re almost the same thing. Actually, they are.” Alex countered, snapping back almost as quickly as he was able to. “The new kids with less training than you shouldn’t even get close to beating you. I’m just saying.” 

“Ah yes, blood that attracts monsters who try to kill you and a parent who leaves your family and rarely speaks to you, lucky.”

“Hmm, two lifetimes of being a demigod, seems like the odds are definitely not in my favor, huh?”

Alexandria pursed her lips slightly as she listened to him speak, making a small ‘tsk’ sound as he finished his sentence, “Or, now hear me out, you’re weak for letting a small child get anywhere near beating you.”