[Bruce listens to this with all due seriousness, attention unwavering.] So when everyone dreamed about Asti, they were on the Dreaming plane, [he decides.] What do you think we should be focusing on-- finding a way back there to face it directly? Doesn't that seem a little... suicidal?

If you have a suggestion on what I should look into, I'm open to it. I could stand to take on a new project. [This obviously isn't an idle suggestion. Giving Bruce Banner a direction for research tends to result in insane leaps and bounds being made on the subject, and it's not an offer he makes to just anyone, besides. It's a demonstration of his trust in Annabeth's judgement that he's asking her directly what she would recommend, instead of asking her more questions to tease out information and make that determination himself.]