@lucitoran — starter call
of the various things nico has come across in his lifetime, he’s learned not to trust people with horns until they prove they aren’t out to murder you. or eat your bones. or whatever other weird stuff monsters like to do when they successful kill a demigod child. (they aren’t always that creative, about it.) so it’s pretty unnerving to notice that there’s more than a few... creatures running around this bizarre place that are definitely, certainly, one hundred percent not human.
still, nico’s not gonna be rude about it. oddly enough, no one here seems to be out to harvest his bones yet, and the general indiscriminate politeness is disconcerting to say in the least. he doesn’t intend on getting close to any of these creatures either, though-- he’d rather not find out the hard way that they’re just waiting for him to slip up so they can have tasty demigod for supper.
“oh, sorry--” but the gods have always had it out for nico, anyway. it’s only fitting that he runs into one of these infernal creatures (physically, literally) while trying to distance himself from the swarming crowds that he can never seem to escape from. he gets a good look at the boy he bumped into and his expression immediately frosts over, before he looks away. “...i didn’t make you drop anything, right?”