At least she won't smite him, and if the strength of her godly power does wind up turning his hand to ash, it'll still be worth it, right?
Percy reaches forward to accept her hand, finding that even while they're technically in two different realities, Annabeth still lost within the false one, their fingers still fit perfectly together. That hasn't changed. He doubts anything in the entire cosmos could change it.
So, that's reassuring.
The rest of it is up to him. ]
Yeah, I'm fine. I wasn't, but I am now. [ Oh, boy. ] But you're right — something isn't right. That's ... kind of the thing I need to tell you.
[ He stupidly hadn't asked Clarisse for the details of how she tried to reason with Annabeth and why it didn't work; he probably should have, but he'd been in such a rush to get to her that he didn't think of it. He tugs them forward anyway, prompting Annabeth to walk, and biding for a little time to convince her of the truth. ]
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At least she won't smite him, and if the strength of her godly power does wind up turning his hand to ash, it'll still be worth it, right?
Percy reaches forward to accept her hand, finding that even while they're technically in two different realities, Annabeth still lost within the false one, their fingers still fit perfectly together. That hasn't changed. He doubts anything in the entire cosmos could change it.
So, that's reassuring.
The rest of it is up to him. ]
Yeah, I'm fine. I wasn't, but I am now. [ Oh, boy. ] But you're right — something isn't right. That's ... kind of the thing I need to tell you.
[ He stupidly hadn't asked Clarisse for the details of how she tried to reason with Annabeth and why it didn't work; he probably should have, but he'd been in such a rush to get to her that he didn't think of it. He tugs them forward anyway, prompting Annabeth to walk, and biding for a little time to convince her of the truth. ]