The Heroes of Olympus/Tear Jerker


 * Percy calls home for the first time in months and gets the answering machine.
 * The later part of Hazel's childhood, particularly her death.
 * At the end of The Lost Hero, after talking to her father, Piper thinks something like 45 seconds? Maybe even a full minute. It wasn't much, but it was a start. To repeat: Piper thinks a full minute alone with her father is good. Busy as he was, Tristan McLean was a shit parent.
 * Leo's mother. 'Nuff said.
 * Ella. Poor, poor Ella.
 * Thalia talking about