#i can't go back and find the scenes rn to reference but hopefully you guys know what i'm talking about lol

[bookishjules]

there's something so intriguing to me about annabeth's speech in the show so far. in the way she answers percy's questions... yes, yes, maybe, no you don't. they're all these short, brief, to the point statements that absolutely do not begin to answer everything that percy is trying to ask. that is... until he says something and she finds herself sighing and saying "look.." before navigating through a piece of background information, though never all of it.

she's keeping her information and her plans close to her chest because she may not know who percy is, but she has her suspicions, and if he's the son of the sea god, she can't trust him, but if he's the one to get her on a quest, she needs to be in his good graces. none of her responses to percy are short because he's asking a dumb question or because she's trying to make him work for the information.. though i'm sure she is taking note of how far he is willing to go for it.

and the way she eventually resigns and gives him something to bite on each time it's... annabeth hates not knowing things, and i can only assume it would be difficult to see someone else struggle with question after question, without being able to provide clear cut answers (bc it would screw up the plan she has working, but also because sharing unsubstantiated information/guesses runs the risk of her being revealed to be wrong about something, even if she would have come up with the right answer eventually). like she understands what torture it would be for her to be in that position, so she eases up, but always just enough to keep him in arm's reach.