QUOTE : But why are you taking him?”<br /><br />Monya added a wrapped blueberry pie and three loaves of day-old bread to the box of food items she was packing. Then she looked over at Percy.<br /><br />“Why do you care?” she asked, squinting slightly as she studied her chef, then pointing. “And you’re burning your toast.”<br /><br />“Shoot,” Percy said, and dropped the toast from singed fingers. Then he glared at Monya. “I care. We all care. This guy just shows up and waltzes in here from… wherever, and you just start taking up with him, just like that? It’s not like you. I mean, what do you even know about him?”<br /><br />“I know he kisses like a…”<br /><br />“Gah,” Percy made a pained noise. “You’re burning my ears.