User blog comment:SayuriDarling/Full first chapter of The Mark of Athena/@comment-3146930-20120601104150/@comment-4119981-20120601233618

I think your idea about the Percy/Jason battle makes sense. Percy is absolutely fine with not being in charge, but if the person in charge is annoying, making stupid decisions, or just a know-it-all, then Percy's going to act. Espeically if he could easily do battle with them and have a likely chance to win.