“Pryseis didn’t see goblin. She saw child.”
“Maybe it was only goblin women who were restless and wanted to see the world. She didn't know.”
“She may be old, but she's more goblin than human.”
“But Annabeth knew that people saw what they wanted to see. They didn’t need the Mist to warp their perceptions.”
“When You Weren’t Looking The child became a woman, though she wasn’t ready to. Don’t ask how or why. Those questions are not important ones. Can’t you see you didn’t care enough to notice?”
“She read and read and read, but she was stuffing herself with the letters on the page like an unhappy child stuffing itself with chocolate. They didn’t taste bad, but she was still unhappy.”