User blog comment:Darkcloud1111/''The Mark of Athena'' Plot Holes/@comment-2.91.132.137-20130312160121/@comment-5593616-20130312174439

It's a good idea, but I still think it was Gaea. I mean, she wanted to sabotage them so that it takes longer for them to reach Camp Jupiter because then she would have more time to manipulate them.