
As Asclepius would later reveal, Piper had broken her arm when she was six after falling off a horse. Ever since then, just the thought of cows made her ill. The smell had been enough to turn Piper into a vegetarian. She later recalls how her father had driven Piper past a meat-processing plant in Chino when she was little. However, Piper wasn't able to learn much about her mother. Her main intention was to find out more about her mother who apparently left after she was born. From time to time, Piper and her father would play a game called "Any Three Questions," in which Piper would ask her father any three questions of her choice and he had to answer them without lying.

Her father would also tell her old Cherokee stories he heard from Grandpa Tom. At one point, she helped her actor father research Greek mythology (for a role her father was about to take on in a film) and learned quite a bit of information that she found interesting. As opposed to many other children of Aphrodite, Piper was never very focused on her natural beauty and has a somewhat tomboyish style. Piper got her name from her Grandpa Tom, who noted her strong voice and hoped that she would one day learn all of the great Cherokee songs, including the Song of the Snakes.


2.2 Leo Valdez and the Quest for Buford.
