#its not explicitly meant to be feral jason but it does fit him and ive written about feral jason hanging out the bull man so 👍

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Jason being buddies with the minotaur because he knows what it's like to be an animal trapped in a human(ish) form with vicious desires that human people will never understand or relate to, and he understands what it's like to be cursed to a fate you never asked for by a god because your father fucked up

Nico being buddies with the minotaur because he sees the humanity still inside him, hidden behind the insatiable hunger and pain but still so present and obvious in the confines of his battered soul, clinging desperately to the thin and shredded remnants of his human side, and because Nico understands what it's like to be judged by first glance for something you can't help but be

Hazel being buddies with the minotaur because she trusts Nico, and besides she's never really been afraid of monsters and there's a kindness in him, a silent desperation, something solemn and pained she can see in his black quiet eyes

Percy glaring at all three of them from across the table because this is the biggest betrayal they've ever committed against him, and he will never forgive them for this (he's already forgiven Nico because he's incapable of not immediately caving to Nico, Hazel is almost there because she's precious, and Jason is a steady forgiveness in progress because ew, Jason, but also, ew, Jason, you know?)

Thalia not being present because part of her job is literally "hunt monsters" and so she was not invited (but her disapproval is extremely evident anyway, despite her absence)