User blog comment:SayuriDarling/The Mark of Athena Official Discussion/@comment-72.145.34.83-20121015034927/@comment-5546604-20121015203633

Oh and btw, if Percy cut the Spider-Web, Annabeth wuold die because he only had one hand avalible, and that hand was occupied by holding Annabeth.

On the OTHER hand, Percy could just keep holding on and together they might have a chance of survival.