[He was afraid she'd forgotten how to do that. His gaze traces the gentle curve of her lips and commits it to memory before the rest of her words catch up to him.]
So, Eros. I thought you said all the Gods were dead.
[He's pretty sure he remembers her saying that. That Ares was special because he wasn't dead. He can deal with the fact that someone had stolen his clothes. More Gods is...it's a lot, Diana. Okay? It's still a lot and he barely made peace with the fact that she hadn't been naively lying to him in the first place.
He has never wished he'd paid attention more in school than he was now.]
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So, Eros. I thought you said all the Gods were dead.
[He's pretty sure he remembers her saying that. That Ares was special because he wasn't dead. He can deal with the fact that someone had stolen his clothes. More Gods is...it's a lot, Diana. Okay? It's still a lot and he barely made peace with the fact that she hadn't been naively lying to him in the first place.
He has never wished he'd paid attention more in school than he was now.]