[She wrinkles her face.] It would be harder if your parents weren't aware of it. With us, it's usually just lying to the schools. Percy's mom helped him a lot. [Then Annabeth sort of smiles, but it's a little weak.] I was kind of home schooled, for a while. I taught myself a lot of things - well, I still do, in a lot of ways - but, um, Camp Half-Blood was my primary source of education for years. [It's not like that's a secret - everyone knows she's been a camper the longest, if the nine beads on her necklace alone demonstrate anything. Talking about it is just weird.]

[tiny sigh.] Real life likes to remind us of a lot of things we might not want to hear.