[ she just arches her eyebrow right back. does it matter where she went?? ]

[ the woman seems to be suffering her own, however brief, internal struggle, but annabeth will take the high road and not remark on it in any capacity. not even with facial expressions! she wins. ]

Like this stuff? I don't. Any magical abilities are usually inherited and not really academically learned. [ divine wisdom might count as a personal boon, but she spends so much time around demigods with actual magic gifts - like hydrokinesis, charmspeaking, and literal animal transformation, among others - that the lack of physical manifestation often makes her forget. it's not that she finds herself lacking in that respect - it's just different. ]

No citadels full of tomes.