User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Hidden Oracle Official Discussion/@comment-28357696-20160503154527/@comment-28377819-20160507161217

I wouldn't like it if it felt like it was shoehorned. If by the end of these five books it feels like "everyone else has a couple, so should Nico," I wont like it. Every relationship has gotten fair exploration in the midst of QUESTS and though this was right there at camp I felt there was an opportunity wasted for those two characters to really dive into the meat.

I understand the focus is the fact that we have a god as a mortal and that deserves a great deal of undivided attention but we'll see. I don't just want to see Apollo rise to the occasion i want to see one of his children rise. I want will to have photokinises or something.