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    “You don’t have to come if you don’t want to, you know that, right?”

    He stared at her, wondering why on earth she’d say such a thing. 

    “Of course I want to.” He said, trying not to sound offended. It didn’t work. 

    “But you know that it’s going to be dangerous, right? Like, majorly dangerous. I-I don’t know how safe I can keep you when I don’t entirely understand what I’m up against. It’s- I wouldn’t want you to-“

    “Hey,” he said, stepping forward into her space, more than he already was, “We’re a team, right? We’ve always been a team.”

    Annabeth looked at him, and a sense of anguish filled her chest so rapidly that it forced a panicked breath from her lungs. 

    “Percy,” she muttered, “you don’t…you don’t owe me anything, you know that, right? I don’t want you to feel obligated to come on this quest just because we’re friends, and because of e-everything we’ve been through.”

    Percy’s eyes narrowed, “Annabeth, what’s going on, why are you-“

    “You have a family, Percy,” she breathed, a little desperately, eyes slipping closed, brows furrowing, “There’s a bigger picture here. There are people that need you.” 

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