She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hades's gym shorts.

At least he had Annabeth. They would find a way out of Tartarus. They had to. He didn't think much of fates and prophecies, but he did believe in one thing: Annabeth and he were supposed to be together. They hadn't survived so much just to get killed now.

You'd think he'd ran out off rocks," I muttered

Wisdom's daughter walks alone, The mark of Athena burns through Rome.

Don't underestimate Camp Half-Blood.

If I'm dead," he murmured. "Why does it hurt so much?

Annabeth realized that if six of them went on these two quests, it would leave Percy alone on the ship with Coach Hedge, which was maybe not a situation a caring girlfriend should put him in. Nor was she eager to let Percy out of her sight again—not after they’d been apart for so many months.