[...he knows a few kids like Robin, determined to do things themselves and for the greater good. He thinks about one kid in particular who thought he could handle things himself and how his actions almost broke his sanity. Percy would know. He faced a similar trial not long after they rescued Nico.

Despite this, he knows trying to stop him wouldn't work either.]

Unless we keep that person alive. There has to be another route we're not finding yet. You remember what the Sheriff told us? That story about one of the past winners hiding and killing five people at the very end to win? The problem with this is that blood will be shed. I want to minimize how much.