User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-5158146-20121018234130/@comment-3146930-20121101021731

That may be why he didn't go. Think about it, when Percy met Bacchus he almost got the entire group turned into dolphins and he only kind of dislikes Mr. D/B/Whatever. Imagine how he would have acted with someone he truly dislikes.