( a multi-layered answer. she'll work for someone else — for now. she's mortal — for now. their inexperience might slow them down — for now. but that's now, and tomorrow is then, and annabeth has never let anything get in the way of finding the right answer or devising the right plan.
she just has to figure out the next step. preferably when it feels like her brain and her body are functional and not just running on fumes, a realization that allows annabeth to sink into the embrace that's offered, her eyes slipping closed as she draws in a deep, slow breath. one of the sons of apollo taught her meditation once, she recalls the lessons now; a sense of peace is more valuable in this moment than anything she could attempt to buy with money she doesn't have.
after a while, annabeth exhales, her face turning so that her nose brushes against some patch of skin on percy's body. doesn't matter where or what, so long as it's him. )
Someone has to build all of these buildings. I'll find out who, and work for them.
( when all else fails, go back to the blueprints. )
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( a multi-layered answer. she'll work for someone else — for now. she's mortal — for now. their inexperience might slow them down — for now. but that's now, and tomorrow is then, and annabeth has never let anything get in the way of finding the right answer or devising the right plan.
she just has to figure out the next step. preferably when it feels like her brain and her body are functional and not just running on fumes, a realization that allows annabeth to sink into the embrace that's offered, her eyes slipping closed as she draws in a deep, slow breath. one of the sons of apollo taught her meditation once, she recalls the lessons now; a sense of peace is more valuable in this moment than anything she could attempt to buy with money she doesn't have.
after a while, annabeth exhales, her face turning so that her nose brushes against some patch of skin on percy's body. doesn't matter where or what, so long as it's him. )
Someone has to build all of these buildings. I'll find out who, and work for them.
( when all else fails, go back to the blueprints. )