I didn't want to bother people! Besides, it was okay at first. I could buy simple stuff, but rationings kind of threw the whole thing off balance, and I... didn't want to bother people. [A nonchalant shrug.] That sounds like a command, not a question.

[She nods, an awkward smile on her face.] I hid it for a couple of months. But only Annabeth knows about the Daughter thing, so it's okay. None of our secrets are really out there. [Nobody knows the truth about us, is what she means.]