" Hermes's shoulders sagged. " They'll try, Percy. Oh, we'll all try to keep our promise. And maybe for a while things will get better. But we gods have never been good at keeping oaths. You were born because of a broken promise, eh? Eventually we'll become forgetful. We always do." " You can change." Hermes laughed. " After three thousand years, you think the gods can change their nature?" " Yeah," I said. " I do. "