User blog comment:Hermione Chase/"The Blood of Olympus" Expectations/@comment-3146930-20140726235037

So a lot of people have been talking about Octavian talking in Gaea's voice in Leo's dream. Some of speculated that he is being possessed by Gaea like Hazel's mother or one of her Eidolons. This is a good theory, but there is something else in the book that I feel makes this less likely. At another point in the book when Annabeth is dreaming, she is at the camp and Reyna appears, but she speaks in Athena's voice. Then Reyna flies out to meet the others after talking with Rachel and agrees to bring the statue back by the end of the book. So what does this mean?

It could mean that Octavian talking in Gaea's voice and Reyna talking in Athena's is more symbolic then actual fact (especially if it is in a dream). With the gods at war with their different forms because their children are at war helps Gaea, while having a Roman bring back the Athena Parthenos will somehow stop the fighting between the Romans and Greeks. Even if Octavian isn't being controlled by Gaea, he is unknowingly acting as her agent to help her win this current war. Meanwhile Athena is using Reyna has her agent to bring harmony to the gods and stop Gaea.