Talos' inside was hot and Bianca felt beads of swet rolling down her forehead. The room with the controls was tiny, but she managed to figure the mecanics out. The 2 longer levers for legs, the switched were for knee angles, the 2 shorter levers were for arms and the big knob to twist was for the neck...

She started pulling at all of them. At first not considering her movements just moving back from where she knew Percy, Zoë and Grover were, not too sure about thalia though...

She got the hang of it fast. Hey, maybe Hephaestus wasn't that far off of a guess... The automaton even obliged...

I lifted my arm.
-Like this? I asked.
-No, if you aim that high you'll kill a bird. Lower your bow. Lee Fletcher said. I did.
-Now turn until you see the girl walking over there and your arrow's pointing there.
-Dude she's a hunter!
-My point, so pull back on the...
-My sister's a hunter!
-Fine, if you settle for the normal targets. He said. I did. I pulled back on the string, let go and my knees bucked I was on the ground before I knew it.
-Nico, what's wrong? Lee asked.
-I don't know. I said. But something felt wrong. Something had changed forever. Something was missing... Something I'd never find...