Ah. But my dad seduced her.

[ that is what she is taking from this. ]

He's owns a chocolaterie -- [ her french speaking ability may be gone, but she still sounds french ] -- and he wooed her with cream filled bonbons. She dropped me off at the shop after I was born and neither of us saw her again. But when monsters started following me home from school and attacking me on the subway, the gods sent a satyr to look after me and bring me to camp, the only safe space for demigods.

And then I learned my letters at camp.

[ she's still a terrible storyteller ]