@perseusnet ··– q u e s t # 1 0, badass females · · · annabeth chase The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.
“percy didn’t feel powerful. the more heroic stuff he did, the more he realized how limited he was. he felt like a fraud. i’m not as great as you think, he wanted to warn his friends.”
“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?”
Being a half-blood is dangerous. It’s scary. Most if the time, it gets you killed in painful, nasty ways.
If you’re a normal kid, reading this because you think it’s fiction, great. Read on. I envy you for being able to believe none of this ever happened.
But if you recognize yourself in these pages - if you feel something stirring inside - stop reading immediately. You might be one of us. And once you know that, it’s only a matter of time before they sense it too, and then they’ll come for you.
