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This passage haunts me any time I try to consider the relationship between Athena and her children, honestly.

The first lesson Athena's children learn is that Athena "is the best at everything" – not because she is but because even you, her child, are not safe to suggest otherwise.

An Annabeth is legitimately afraid in this moment, when she already injured and facing Arachne, the crowning example of one of her greatest fears, that her mother will take offense and intervene.

Not to help her against the enemy but to punish her