User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The House of Hades Official Discussion/@comment-3146855-20131010001758/@comment-5927468-20131010010635

I actually interpreted Nico's secret in a more positive way. I thought it reflected how much more excepting we've become as a culture that such a thing could be included in a kids book. Of course, technically he's not the first contemporary children's character with this trait *cough* Dumbledore *cough*.