Sunaina Deepak

“I’ll get you back home, Will Solace,’ Bob said. ‘You saved me. Now it is time for me to save you.’
Nico stirred against his chest. ‘Yeah,’ he said. ‘Let others do the saving, Will.’
Will hugged Nico tight. ‘Shhh, my little ball of darkness,’ he said.
‘We don’t need your sarcasm right now.’
Nico grunted a laugh. ‘You live for my sarcasm.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“Back to our old roles, eh?’ Nico smiled. ‘My little Night Light.’
Will groaned. ‘We’re not starting that now.’
‘My little Care Bear.’
‘Please stop.’
Nico gave Will a tight hug. ‘My little sun-therapy globe.’
‘All right, all right,’ said Will. ‘Go get some rest. Now.’
‘Yes, Field Medic Will Solace,’ said Nico.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“Pain is a part of all lives, mortal and immortal,’ said the
nymph. ‘It is inescapable. We all must navigate this river to getwhere we want to be.’
‘Shouldn’t we aim to avoid pain?’ Will asked. ‘Or at least mitigate it?’
Nico shook his head. ‘You know it’s not that simple.’
‘Pain helps us learn,’ said Gorgyra. ‘It is unfortunate, but we rarely forget the lessons taught to us in moments of pain.’
‘Pain is inescapable …’ Will sounded like he was talking mostly to himself. ‘I guess that’s hard for me to wrap my mind around because I’m a healer. I’m always trying to reduce pain.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“He turned back to Gorgyra. ‘A story about what?’ he asked.
The nymph examined Nico’s face, then Will’s. Was she going to pull soul threads out of them again?
Nico felt something brush his knuckles. He glanced down and saw that Will was trying to hold his hand. He opened his fingers and let Will slip his in between.
Nico’s heart sank. Will’s grip was very weak.
Nico had to do this. He had to finish what they had started.
The whispers called out to him.
And then Gorgyra did, too.
‘Tell me about the two of you,’ she said.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star