[She wants to ask, for both her own curiosity's sake as well as the fact that she just likes Vanessa and is kind of concerned. But boundaries are a thing she's worried over, because friends are hard when you don't come to trust someone over the possibility of getting eaten or killed by monsters. So she offers a commiserating sigh instead, goes with the safer option.] Kind of like how demigods will always exist.

[There's a somewhat wry smile, because Annabeth's own issues with both her parents have been so up and down forever. Not to mention her current growing frustrations with the gods and their lack of effort in saving the world on a general level.] They say it's because they're not supposed to interfere in the mortal world. Demigods are the only ones who can step into and effect both. Camp itself usually sends a Satyr to track us down and help us get there.

[As for monsters:] It tends to be tied into the realization of what we are. Once a demigod knows they're a demigod, monsters can find them a whole lot easier. Twelve's usually about when you start to notice more. [And she might have figured out what she was a lot younger than most.]