He was acting like it didn't bother him, like it didn't matter at all what anyone else thought, but Piper knew that couldn't be true. Son of Hades or not, he was still just a kid like her, and how other people treated you usually had a pretty huge impact on you whether you wanted it to or not.
Still, there wasn't anything she could do about the venti right now, and from the bits and pieces she'd seen of Nico's fighting style while they'd all worked together to defend the Argo II from the monster(s) of the hour, she'd need to focus her full attention on her swordplay if she didn't want to end up getting hurt.
Not that she thought he'd hurt her on purpose. Nico wouldn’t intentionally skewer her, at least she hoped not. That black sword of his looked like a nightmare and a half. Stygian iron was a lot more dangerous than Celestial bronze or Imperial gold, and she definitely didn’t even want to get hit by the flat of it, much less one of the sharp edges.
"I think I've got the hang of it," she said aloud, though she added on a silent mostly to herself. "And I'm not worried about you wasting my time."
That was the truth, plain and simple. If she wasn't sparring with him, she'd be sparring with Hazel, or else helping with another attempt to fix the ship. Their time wasn't good for much of anything else at the moment; in fact, this was probably the best thing she could be doing with it right now.
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Still, there wasn't anything she could do about the venti right now, and from the bits and pieces she'd seen of Nico's fighting style while they'd all worked together to defend the Argo II from the monster(s) of the hour, she'd need to focus her full attention on her swordplay if she didn't want to end up getting hurt.
Not that she thought he'd hurt her on purpose. Nico wouldn’t intentionally skewer her, at least she hoped not. That black sword of his looked like a nightmare and a half. Stygian iron was a lot more dangerous than Celestial bronze or Imperial gold, and she definitely didn’t even want to get hit by the flat of it, much less one of the sharp edges.
"I think I've got the hang of it," she said aloud, though she added on a silent mostly to herself. "And I'm not worried about you wasting my time."
That was the truth, plain and simple. If she wasn't sparring with him, she'd be sparring with Hazel, or else helping with another attempt to fix the ship. Their time wasn't good for much of anything else at the moment; in fact, this was probably the best thing she could be doing with it right now.