▁and ▁of ▁average ▁height . ▁Her ▁dem ig od ▁" pow ers " ▁include ▁" char ms pe ak " ▁( ess entially , ▁mag ical ▁persu asion ) ▁and ▁the ▁ability ▁to ▁speak ▁French . ▁She ▁is ▁also ▁occasionally ▁able ▁to ▁see ▁vis ions ▁in ▁her ▁magic ▁d agger ▁K ato pt ris ▁( An cient ▁Greek ▁for ▁" mir ror "), ▁which ▁once ▁belonged ▁to ▁Helen ▁of ▁T roy . ▁The ▁d agger ▁lost ▁that ▁power ▁after ▁the ▁battle ▁against ▁the ▁gi ants ▁in ▁Ath ens . ▁ ▁Pi per ' s ▁relationship ▁with ▁her ▁father ▁is ▁mut ually ▁affection ate ▁but ▁stra ined , ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁small ▁amount ▁of ▁attention ▁he ▁sp ares ▁for ▁her . ▁When ▁she ▁was ▁young , ▁Pi per ▁used ▁her ▁persu as ive ▁skills ▁to ▁" bor row " ▁( ask ▁for ▁in ▁char ms pe ak ) ▁things ▁to ▁ear n ▁a ▁little ▁of ▁his ▁time . ▁After ▁he ▁is ▁kid n apped ▁by ▁the ▁giant ▁En cel ad us ▁in ▁The ▁Lost ▁Hero ▁and ▁subsequently ▁res cu ed ▁by ▁Pi per , ▁Jason , ▁and ▁Leo , ▁Mr ▁Mc Le an ' s ▁relationship ▁with ▁his ▁daughter ▁begins ▁to ▁improve . ▁Pi per ▁is ▁also ▁very ▁close ▁to ▁Jason . ▁Though ▁she ▁later ▁lear ns ▁it ▁was ▁all ▁a ▁trick ▁of ▁the ▁M ist , ▁she ▁was ▁once ▁his ▁girl friend ▁while ▁they ▁attended ▁the ▁same ▁school . ▁She ▁works ▁hard ▁to ▁re create ▁this ▁relationship ▁in ▁real ▁life ▁when