Remember how Thalia was about 9 when her crazy mother gave Jason to Lupa and told Thalia he was dead, causing Thalia to run away?
Think about 9 year old Thalia running around the city with a backpack, desperately hoping her mother was just being crazy and that she’d find Jason okay. And she searches until the next morning but she can’t find him, and she’s crying and screaming at Zeus for not protecting Jason.
When she goes to the underworld for the first time with Nico and Percy and she’s glancing around to see if maybe her brother is wondering around.
Thalia’s heart dropping in her chest the first time she sees him all grown up and she feels so overjoyed and guilty at the same time.
Jason telling her it wasn’t her fault and he’s missed her and she’s trying to keep her cool but she’s this close from breaking.
Also, please don’t inundate Viria with requests! She has agreed to do a bunch more for me, and I am happy to keep paying for them as long as she wants to create them, but each portrait takes a lot of time and she does have a life outside of this work! Let’s respect that. THX!
