The footsteps were coming closer. I knew I had to get out of there fast. Looking desperately around, I finally spotted a small w
indow at the end of the room, a beacon of light in the dark, rancid basement. I sprinted and leapt up to grab a ceiling pipe. Thankfully, the pipe was close enough to the window to allow me to swing my body through. My enemy was making his way down the hall, bursting open door after door. I needed to break through this window in two tries to make it out in time.What is the tone of the passage
<em>Percy thinks that his mom is too good for Gabe, who's yelling for some bean dip. Percy is caught between fearing that Grover is onto something and trusting his mom that everything is normal. The fact that Percy feels such a sense of relief around Mom speaks to the strength of their relationship.</em>
