[ yes! she made claire laugh! that's a win! it's a good grade in making adults laugh, which is both reasonable and normal to want to achieve. ]

[ she grins, a little warmly, pleased to have made claire feel a little better too. ] Well, it's true. You're welcome.

[ she exhales a little, and opts for another semi-joke instead of dwelling on the horrors of a misogynistic past. ] Plenty of other dangers besides sexism here to contend with instead.

[ annabeth nods, draining the last of her own coffee. ] Yeah. I really wanna see what it normally looks like.

[ she's still just happy claire wants her around. it feels nice. ]