[ annabeth would like to maybe pretend the eight hundred fake years mean nothing, given it wasn't real, but it's hard to shake off some of the feelings it created. she's solving the problem for now by ignoring most of it. ]

[ he looks fairly practiced and isn't moving like he's tired - it's hard to clock how long he's been at it, but she doesn't get total newbie vibes from him. ]

Do they even let us use weapons for training? [ she probably should have asked that first. maybe wooden sticks? ugh, she hasn't used one of those in like ten years. ]

Hand-to-hand's more useful than some people realize. I don't think I've learned enough magic yet to combine them though. [ and she's never had the opportunity to really do that anyway, having to rely only on her smarts and physical skills - except her invisibility hat, maybe, but she doesn't have it here. ]