[Ok excellent we are on the same page.]

[Annabeth gives a small sigh of her own.]

I know that was mostly rhetorical, but the Emperor's the one who brought us here. She told me it was a 'call for heroes,' which, you know, apparently right up our alley. [Vaguely annoyed and bitter sounding by this?!] And time works weirdly in this place, in case you haven't noticed.