Everyone knows that! It's like I've got it painted on my forehead or something, 'Percy Jackson's fatal flaw is loyalty', except for some reason my fatal flaw isn't about my downfall, it's about everyone else's! And none of them think to stop and freaking explain things, or lend a hand, or not be giant babies too scared of Zeus to do anything useful. They just--

[Percy cuts himself off, shaking his head. He's pretty sure if he gave a speech like that at home, he'd be a pile of ash right now.]