[That's actually what's on Dirk's mind as he stands there. If he's quantifying grief, Annabeth has much more reason to be upset right now than he did then. She lost a boyfriend she was clearly in crazy epic love with, whereas Dirk just got a second-time disappearance of an ex he was still trying to repair his friendship with.

But he's not a robot, and therefore has at least a little empathy, and enough to keep him from being a complete dick about this. It still takes a while before he starts talking.]

Y'know, Jellyfish glow because of this protein called aequorin. I saw one when I was maybe eight. Spent hours after that finding out every damn thing I could about jellyfish.