User blog comment:SayuriDarling/Full first chapter of The Mark of Athena/@comment-70.45.4.195-20120602031348/@comment-180.192.252.173-20120602095820

It doesn't have to mean that the "gift" would be an owl. It could be a burden, or something like a quest for Annabeth. Maybe, just maybe the owl's eyes are there to represent the role of Annabeth?