"It's been over," Clarisse says with a dismissive wave of one hand. "I didn't want to sign up right away, so I just hung out and pissed people off instead."

It might sound weird, for the daughter of a war god not to be all gung-ho about throwing herself into a war, and she seems to be aware enough of the weirdness to look a little bit ashamed of it. "I know what happens to conscriptions, that's all."