"I know, that's what everyone tells you," Percy said. "That's what my own parents told me, and for a very long time, I believed them, because one always believes his parents, but sometimes adults make mistakes too. As you grow, you need to think for yourself, and it took me some time, and a lot of talking to your dad, before I realised that my parents were wrong. A man can fancy another man, and I care about your dad very much."
The other question was much harder to answer, but again, he chose not to lie. "No one knows for sure. Some people believe that good people go to heaven. Others think that you just disappear. A man, a very important man, used to say that death was the start of a new adventure. Some others think you come back with another body. No one knows for sure. I like to think that we can't be doing so much learning just to become nothing. One way or another, I think we live on."