Frank held up the Chinese handcuffs. “Keep it simple.

The metal blade hit her shoulder and passed cleanthrough her body as if she were made of water. HISSS!

I could hear hopefulness in her voice, but also doubt. She was waiting for me to admit the obvious: I'd forgotten. I was toast. I was boyfriend roadkill. Just because I forgot, you shouldn't take that as a sign I didn't care about Annabeth. Seriously, the last month with her had been awesome. I was the luckiest demigod ever. But a special dinner... when had I mentioned that? Maybe I'd said it after Annabeth kissed me, which had sort of sent me into a fog. Maybe a Greek gos had disguised himself as me as and made her that promise as a prank. Or maybe I was just a rotten boyfriend.

You drool when you sleep.

No hero is above fear, Percy. And you have risen above every hero. - Poseidon

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

Do not despair. Heroes rarely live up to to our expectations