User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Blood of Olympus Official Discussion/@comment-24055022-20141010031924/@comment-4902593-20141013134040

To me, that was a really pathetic and blatant excuse for Rick to make Jason look good. First of all, Percy did that to Akhlys out of self defense, not to be sadistic or to scare Annabeth. Second : After surviving Tartarus, Percy wouldn't be keeping a death wish, not at this juncture.

That excuse made him look out of character and weak, something which he is NOT. Either that was bad writing from Rick or that was from shoddy editing.