"Well now I don't feel special anymore," Zagreus says dryly. Usually being the brunt of Hades's displeasure was his fate.

Although he does wonder, all the same. Zagreus would be the first to declare that his father could be a real bastard. Capricious, and uncompromising. But he also generally did have a reason for the things he did. Reasons Zagreus did not always agree with, but reasons nonetheless.

"But if Mother likes you, that's a good thing. Sometimes I think she's the only person who can actually make Father change his mind. She's certainly the only one who can make him admit he's wrong."