"Some people have completed their cards and they're still here. I guess the Augur doesn't want to let anyone go until this island is back to however it used to be, before it became a ruin."

His gaze roves over Percy, from the white hair to his soggy boots.

"Vax has been here around two months, he lives with me. Us. He lives with us."

Fucking stupid brain; that's what he gets for banging the halfelf recently and inflaming all those old mating urges.