"Heh. My immortality would have been in the form of books I had written, or possibly breakthroughs in physiology. If I were to have children, my brother would have murdered them out of jealousy." His words are oddly casual, as if child murder were on the same level as drinking all the wine. But he doesn't doubt Ashley really would do such a thing, out of jealousy for both the spawn and whatever woman Arkady would have to sleep with to make it happen.
Arkady blinks when the stranger introduces himself properly. The pieces click into place. Why Arkady got such an unusual reading off him, sensing that he's not human or even a mortal, and why he has an air of death and divinity about him.
"So, Hades himself steps into my parlor. I suppose I should feel honored by such a visit. I cheated death, yes. It wasn't easy, I assure you, nor was it very pleasant. But all for naught, for I returned home to find someone I cared deeply for had, shall we say, gone into your realm."
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Date: 2018-10-25 03:24 am (UTC)From:Arkady blinks when the stranger introduces himself properly. The pieces click into place. Why Arkady got such an unusual reading off him, sensing that he's not human or even a mortal, and why he has an air of death and divinity about him.
"So, Hades himself steps into my parlor. I suppose I should feel honored by such a visit. I cheated death, yes. It wasn't easy, I assure you, nor was it very pleasant. But all for naught, for I returned home to find someone I cared deeply for had, shall we say, gone into your realm."