Gela laughs, but Clarisse doesn't. So it's not a joke, she is being serious... she doesn't know what to think. Half a god, a demigod, and Gela, able to jump the height of a building in one go? Not for the first time, she wonders if all of this is a very elaborate dream.

"I suppose I won't do that, then," she says.

In the interest of being transparent, she adds, "I was goin' to push you off the side just now and pretend I'd dropped you, but take your hand at the last second. But I don't want you cross with me, either."