[ Ah. So it's going to be like that, is it? Thancred huffs out a laugh and slowly shakes his head back and forth. ]

It's a word I know well enough, worry not. Before I came to this place, at that. Yet I do find that it's a title that can earned in any number of ways.

[ Not that he's going to push it. That was a clear deflection, which must mean that Annabeth doesn't want to get into the details, at least not during their very first conversation. ]

In that case, I'll assume you've saved at least one animal trapped in a tree, shall I?

[ He drops it there, taking a look around the rest of the gathering that doesn't have to do with archways and molding. ]

I imagine have quite a few questions. I can attempt to answer them, if you'd like.