I still couldn’t see Annabeth, but I knew she’d be heading the other way, looking for Thalia and Grover. I almost ran after her, and then I thought, Wait. I remembered what Thalia had said to me in the entry hall, looking at me all puzzled when I asked about the finger-snap trick: Hasn’t Chiron shown you how to do that yet? I thought about the way Grover had turned to her, expecting her to save the day. Not that I resented Thalia. She was cool. It wasn’t her fault her dad was Zeus and she got all the attention.…Still, I didn’t need to run after her to solve every problem.
