The Awakening Of

The Little Tiber was a little river that was said to be magical. Dimitri could feel it, just with his powers, grasping the water even slightly felt bizarre, and utterly strange. It wasn't so weird, Dimitri figured. He'd been forced to use all sorts of water during different situations. Polluted water felt very disturbing to will, but it was simply something he had to live with doing when he needed it. If he ever needed the Little Tiber to survive, he would use it. Though he figured with all of the Romans around, it wouldn't be a necessary thing.

What was worse than grasping the water in the Tiber was being in Camp Jupiter and not seeing Dominika. He'd seen her earlier in the day, but she had to attend to important business. Dimitri wouldn't dare hold her back from the things she needed to do in camp. Dimitri's responsibilities themselves had shifted so far lately. It felt like he was such a higher use outside of safe walls than inside of them. The opposite was once true.

The demigod looked up, away fro his reflection, and spotted the person he'd asked to meet him here. Heath, the only person who had seen Truman's body up close besides for Dimitri. "Thank you for meetin' me here." Dimitri said, though lately, formalities had been a drain on him over a pleasure. His dependence for human beings had changed so much. Dimitri offered his hand for Heath to shake, it was something of tradition that retained at least some value to the Romans. "That thing, y'know, the you saw. We gotta talk 'bout that."

"Ain't exactly the way I'd like'ta see it, but, yeah, that." Dimitri replied, in a lower tone than usual. The subject matter was something that should have disturbed him, but the disturbing thing was just how normal it felt to talk about. Dimitri could feel some form of tension, something that didn't quite surprise him. He didn't call Heath out on it, not while he was asking something of him. So long as things went well, this would be the only time Dimitri would have to talk to him for a while.

"I need'ya to be quiet 'bout that, y'know, just for now." Dimitri asked of Heath. It had already been some time, but things were very fragile in Camp Half Blood right now, and Dimitri didn't want things to get even messier. "People're scared, and I don't want things to get any worse than they gotta be. Can you do this for me?" Dimitri asked. Out of everyone to ask for a favor, Heath wasn't Dimitri's ideal person. There were so many people at camp that would help him, despite his recent pulling back from them. But Heath was practically a stranger. All Dimitri knew about him was that Dominika and him were close and that he saw Dimitri kill Truman.

Dimitri nodded his head, and let out a sigh. There was so many things he wanted to say, but none of them were good. He turned away from Heath; he suddenly realized that nothing good was going to come from this. Dimitri had put up with so much, and he had realized that his patience was thin. Some of Heath's words struck a nerve with Dimitri. "You think you did me a favor back there?" Dimitri asked, resentfully. "I'm thinkin' I did you a favor. Did your dirty work for ya, only you didn't have to risk anyone's lives to do it." Dimitri squared up to Heath. It made him angry to know he considered what happened as just a simple clockwork.

"Did you even know what you were goin' into? That guy didn't know who he was. Didn't know what he was doin'." Dimitri argued back to Heath. "He was crazy. You weren't gonna get nothin' from him. He'd've sooner fed you to his pets than told ya anythin' you wanted to know." Dimitri made eye contact with Heath. In the moment, he had a revelation. Heath wasn't going to understand. He just couldn't, and there was nothing Dimitri could do to change that.

"Don't patronize me." Dimitri replied, as though he was being mocked. "I know people like you. Fact is, you made your choice long before I asked you anythin'." Dimitri remained at the same stance he was at. Dimitri wished Heath would make a move so that all of this could just be done. "This was my fault, I made a bad judgement call askin' you t'come here. And I am sorry, because I wasted both of our times." Dimitri's voice didn't match that of an apology, however.

"Y'don't see anythin'." Dimitri stated, his voice somewhat cynical. "You don't even know me. All y'know 'bout me is that I know Dominika." Dimitri grew impatient. "Whatever you're gonna do, go ahead and do. My statement stands. You'd've been lucky to keep all've your people alive, much less actually get somethin' out of Truman. Last thing he said before he was just gone? Was talkin' 'bout his pets. And their redemption. His love for them. You saw what they did to me. I helped you, Heath. Not vice versa."

Dimitri took a breath, contatining himself. He didn't feel so good on the subject. He thought for sure Heath was someone that had crossed that line, but he hadn't yet. He just didn't get it. There was nothing Dimitri could do to force that change, it was somthing that would have to come naturally to Heath. Dimitri breathed in, working hard to calm himself. "I don't have a problem Heath, there's no reason talkin' to someone would do anythin'. Pick your words more carefully, because you are pickin' ones that insist I'm not okay. And I insist, I am just fine. You'd be embarrassed too, if these were your boots, Heath."

"I was hopin' maybe you'd get it, that this was a family thing. Somethin' I wanted to keep to myself, just for a little while, so that I could get passed it." Dimitri said. "I don't think you get that we don't live in the old world anymore. Everythin' you saw out there, before this? It's gone, as far as I'm concerned." Dimitri said, taking a step away from Heath, he suddenly felt a wave of intensely negative emotions wash over him in regards to the son of Bellona. "Know it or not, Heath, there's some people here who probably look up to you. Watch what you say, watch what you do, I promise you don't want their blood on your hands if they use your words and those words get them killed."

Dimitri turned away from the Roman, walking away. "I appreciate your time." Dimitri said, just for the formality.