“Architecture” Percy murmured. The fog started to clear from his eyes. “Thought you’d like the houses, the parks. There’s one street with all these cool fountains”

Annabeth started making progress against the current. Her limbs felt like bags of wet sand, but Percy was helping her now. She could see the dark line of the shore about a stone’s throw away.

“ C o l l e g e ” she gasped. “Could we go there together?”

“Y-yeah” he agreed, a little more confidently.