Rick Riordan said this quote
“ Tell me when it's over Thalia said. Her eyes were shut tight. The statue was holding on to us so we couldn't fall but still Thalia clutched his arm like it was the most important thing in the world. Everything's fine I promised. Are... are we very high I looked down. Below us a range of snowy mountains zipped by. I stretched out my foot and kicked snow off one of the peaks. Nah I said. Not that high. ”