Annabeth senses there's something special about Percy. For one thing, he manages to kill the Minotaur after it attacks him while he's running to Camp Half-Blood. The Minotaur is—or rather was—a fearsome mythical creature, half-man, half-bull. Yet Percy shows remarkable skill and bravery in jumping onto the Minotaur's back, pulling off one of its horns, and stabbing it to death in the side. However, despite Percy's heroics, he's unable to prevent Hades, god of the Underworld, from kidnapping his mother.
Nevertheless, Annabeth's suitably impressed by Percy's skill in dispatching the blood-thirsty, white underpants-wearing monster. Normally, it would take years of training for a Camp Half-Blood student to do what he's just done. In fact, many campers have long dreamed of executing such a remarkable deed. That Percy was able to kill the Minotaur with such relative ease without any training indicates that he's a genuine half-blood.
In Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Annabeth is able to identify certain characteristics about Percy that point to him being a "half-blood." For example, she knows that he has been to many different schools because it seems that Percy can't be successful at any of them. Annabeth also correctly assumes that he has been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. She does offer an explanation for this when she says, "The letters float off the page when you read, right? That's because your mind is hardwired for ancient Greek." Percy's ADHD characteristics, such as impulsivity and inability to sit still, can be attributed to "battle-field reflexes" present in half-bloods. As for Percy's lack of attention span, Annabeth explains, "that's because you see too much, Percy, not too little." Another clue that Percy is a half-blood is his ability to survive having the nectar and ambrosia that were given to him. According to Annabeth, "That stuff would've killed a normal kid."
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