That was part of it, but it wasn't mutually exclusive from defeating them.

[She's still a little huffy, but the worst is over, and the llothi being gone is just good in general.]

Design or otherwise, it was unnecessarily messy.

[Annabeth watches him clean off his weapon as she slides her knife back into its sheath, glancing at the area around them in a process. Just in case. And there's something a little familiar about this kid, under the gore.]

I was just going back to the city. [Said with a slight air of 'not that it's relevant to anyone but me.']