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Erick.baez.773 wrote: Percy isn’t over powered. Compared to other demigods, he is an extremely powerful demigod. Percy is supposed to be this powerful. Poseidon is an extremely powerful god. Also, Ocean gods can control fresh water. It wouldn’t be fair if Percy couldn’t control it. I know. But I read The Sea of Monsters not too long ago, and when he, Annabeth, and Tyson got to Chesapeake Bay, when they got near fresh water, Percy said this:

"I could feel the change from salt water to fresh water. Suddenly I was tired and frazzled, like I was coming down off a sugar high. I didn’t know where I was anymore, or which way to steer the boat."

He may be able to control it, but salt water makes him stronger while fresh water makes him weak. It kind of makes sense, since Poseidon is the god of the sea, and the sea is always salt water.