[A lopsided smile. Look, it's a bad thing to bond over but at least he's hoping she won't feel as crazy. (Granted, Nico himself can be a little manic, too...but whatever, details.)]

He's trying now. Before that...my father was simply concerned with one of his children being the hero of olympus. [...] I was a second choice, but he worked with what he had.

[Later, much later, (like six months ago) Hades actually spoke kindly to him and it was still a little weird, but it's been better than before.]