"'Healthy relationships! Holy mother-! You sound like a psychiatrist!" Hera exclaimed, finding something that she could be part of embrace whole-heartedly. "Percy doesn't need a psychiatrist, or healthy relationships! He needs a family!" Androphobic Percy, abused and beaten, he lives as if hunted by the devil himself.
What would you do if the world was at stake? Would you give up everything you had ever known? Would you join forces with complete strangers? Would you give up your sanity? Would you die for the world? Percy would, so would Thalia, so would Annabeth, so would Perseus. Confused? Good! Come inside, and take a look.
Percy was looking forward to retiring, but that never happened. Thalia was looking forward to living forever with Artemis, but that never happened. Leo was looking forward to being surrounded by beautiful women that he could hit on for the rest of his life, but that didn't happen either. Instead, they became martyrs for a cause that shook the very foundation of the universe.