User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-72.145.34.83-20121015034927/@comment-1515612-20121127132627

The reason they were so emotional with each other was because they've been away from each other for 8 months and one thought the other was dead or would completely forget her and then they're going on a suicide mission along with five other people.

Gee, wonder why they were so touchy feely with each other...

Anabeth was basically all super-genuis-smart whenever she was on her mission alone.

What do you mean raging hormones in check? You just put sixteen year old kids on a boat together with a 4 foot Saytr as an "adult".