Percy blinked at Verity as though she had something sprouting out of her forehead. One, she had kissed his cheek. Which was something only his mum and Oliver ever did. Two, she was acting as though the act of meeting people was something rare and profound.
"Um, yes, usually you meet people here from time to time. It is a rather public place," he said, her definition of 'met' clearly going right over his head despite the emphasis.