Rick Riordan: "Begitu dia pergi, aku berlutut di sebelah Annabeth dan...

"Begitu dia pergi, aku berlutut di sebelah Annabeth dan merasakan dahinya. Dia masih terbakar. "Kamu manis ketika kamu khawatir," gumamnya. "Alismu mengerut." "Kamu tidak akan mati sementara aku berutang budi padamu," kataku. "Kenapa kamu mengambil pisau itu?" "Kamu akan melakukan hal yang sama untukku." Itu benar. Saya kira kita berdua tahu itu. Tetap saja, aku merasa seperti seseorang menusuk hatiku dengan batang logam dingin."

--- Rick Riordan

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Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up. "You're cute when you're worried," she muttered. "Your eyebrows get all scrunched together." "You are not going to die while I owe you a favor," I said. "Why did you take that knife?" "You would've done the same for me." It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod.