Time for some Percy & Vex angst! (Mostly Percy.) (The only context I'm giving you guys is that that Percy and Vex have been kidnapped. Percy's ankle is broken, and he's doing his usual self-blaming spiral.)
"We need to go out the window," he said. "There's no use going out the front door--I don't think we'd get two steps before someone saw us, and I won't be able to run." "But you won't be able to climb out of the window either." "I will." Percy's mouth set into a thin line. "I'll do what I have to, if it will get you out of here." Vex put her arm around him again, wincing as he leaned on her heavily. “May I remind you, darling, that this is not your fault?” “Please, remind me,” Percy said wearily. “Remind me over and over, Vex'ahlia. It may be the only way I get through this.”