[His eyes narrow and he shakes his head, frustration lacing his words. He knows the rule well.]

It's a stupid rule. [Hades isn't as strict on it as Zeus is, but he has to tamp down the immediate impulse to ask Jason to join him. A child of Athena or Ares, maybe. A child of Zeus at his table was asking for trouble.

Their parents were petty children.]

...you aren't like that anymore though. I mean, set apart. I don't care if you're a son of Jupiter, we're friends. [It's the first time he's vocalized it to Jason even though they both know it. It isn't as hard as he'd thought it would be.]

Do you still feel that way?