User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The House of Hades Official Discussion/@comment-6365107-20131014233708/@comment-4415345-20131015174212

Ok, I want to comment on the fight scene thing. Percy and Annabeth used more wit than strength because they didn't have a ton of it to spare. Had it been the other way around, they probably would've died. They were exhausted, with little food, water, and rest, and they knew they needed to save all the strength they could to get out of Tartarus. Talking their way out was the best solution, especially against Nyx, who they probably had a 0% chance of defeating since it was just the two of them.