“Are you guys busy?" Juniper asked.
"Well," I said, "we're in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we're trying not to die."
"We're not busy," Annabeth said.”

—  Rick Riordan, book The Battle of the Labyrinth

Variant: Juniper: Are you guys busy?
Percy: Well, we’re in the middle of this game against a bunch of monsters and we’re trying not to die.
Annabeth: We’re not busy.
Source: The Battle of the Labyrinth

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