( His delay does not go unnoticed. Likely her own is not insignificant. It must say something about them that they're uncertain when they're not sparring. Even the way they kissed, in the beginning, was more like trading blows. Neither of them did come out on top in the end, she thinks.
But there's a simplicity to his answer, an honesty, that further brings a thaw. She's been thinking of their last argument. Wrath is so meticulous in both his actions and words. Cannot isn't the same as will not. And she thinks ... she thinks he can't help her. Even if he'd like to. )
Yes, the tower.
( She's both relieved and anxious that he finally brings it up. The things she saw that day have not left her. Maybe it's pointless, what she's about to ask. Maybe it's something else he'll skirt around. But she has to know. ) The amulets. Were they truly to hide us from you and your brothers, or were they to keep me from my power? ( This, too, has not gone unnoticed: something changed the night she gave the horn of hades back to him. )
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But there's a simplicity to his answer, an honesty, that further brings a thaw. She's been thinking of their last argument. Wrath is so meticulous in both his actions and words. Cannot isn't the same as will not. And she thinks ... she thinks he can't help her. Even if he'd like to. )
Yes, the tower.
( She's both relieved and anxious that he finally brings it up. The things she saw that day have not left her. Maybe it's pointless, what she's about to ask. Maybe it's something else he'll skirt around. But she has to know. ) The amulets. Were they truly to hide us from you and your brothers, or were they to keep me from my power? ( This, too, has not gone unnoticed: something changed the night she gave the horn of hades back to him. )