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They had a silent staring contest, but percy didn’t back down. when he and annabeth started dating, his mother had drummed it into his head: it’s good manners to walk your date to the door. if that was true, it had to be good manners to walk her to the start of her epic solo death quest.
-Rick Riordan
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They Had A Silent Staring Contest, But

Rick Riordan
They had a silent staring contest, but percy didn’t back down. when he and annabeth started dating, his mother had drummed it into his head: it’s good manners to walk your date to the door. if that was true, it had to be good manners to walk her to the start of her epic solo death quest.
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