Rick Riordan: "Tetapi Annabeth hanya tersenyum dan memenjarakan kami....

"Tetapi Annabeth hanya tersenyum dan memenjarakan kami. Ketika dia kembali ke garis depan, dia berbalik dan mengedipkan mata. "Sampai jumpa di kembang api?" Dia bahkan tidak menunggu jawaban saya sebelum melesat ke hutan. Saya memandangi Beckendorf. "Apakah dia baru saja ... mengajakku kencan?" Dia mengangkat bahu, benar-benar jijik. "Siapa yang tahu dengan gadis-gadis? Beri aku naga kusut, kapan saja." Jadi kami duduk bersama dan menunggu sementara para gadis memenangkan pertandingan."

--- Rick Riordan

Versi Bahasa Inggris

But Annabeth just smiled and put us in jail. As she was heading back to the front line, she turned and winked. "See you at the fireworks?" She didn't even wait for my answer before darting off into the woods. I looked at Beckendorf. "Did she just...ask me out?" He shrugged, completely disgusted. "Who knows with girls? Give me a haywire dragon, any day." So we sat together and waited while the girls won the game.