User blog comment:Hermione Chase/"The Blood of Olympus" Expectations/@comment-9703010-20140717001552/@comment-5927468-20140720001105

As soon I made my last post I an epiphany. After a quick review of that part of the book and google search I realized I was over-thinking that scene. So forget my previous arguments.

Darkcloud1111, You're right that Festus wasn't technically alive before the fight with Khione. The thing is, Piper's love didn't simply turn Festus on, she actually brought him to life. Afterword, the rest of the crew even says that he seems more alive than before. It's sort of like how in the story of Pygmalion, her mother brought to life the statue that he had sculpted and loved. Piper just tapped into that same sort of power.

Now let's get this discussion back on track. I think  we'll see Calypso again, but it will be somewhere other than Ogygia. That's how we'll find out that her punishment has ended.