your name is safe in my mouth——your heart too, tendons twined around my tongue, body cradled in the cage of my teeth. i will lock you up tight, in the space above my throat where even i cannot get you.
“I appreciate your willingness to behave, something will happen in due time.”
Though he hoped it didn’t. “So , you’ve recently returned from your duty? What’ve you been up to since your return?”
“Sounds like fun. Sounds like I /did/ miss quite a bit.”
Her father loves war and fighting so. The thought of her father’s delight makes her happy.
“Well… I’ll behave for now. But if something doesn’t happen soon, I may take matters into my own hands. So be warned, dear healer.”
“You didn’t miss much, if it’s any consolation.”
He returns, recalling how busy he had been tending to the gods who had put themselves on the front lines. “Lots of fighting, blood. Your father was pleased to take part in it.”
“I really insist you don’t, drama and war between mortals is never that interesting in comparison to those within the family.
Like, just recently we had the father of monsters trying to climb Olympus. How thrilling was that?”
“It sounds like fun, to me. We haven’t had a good drama and war for a while. At least not outside of the family. Perhaps I should start something this go around. It’s been a while since I got my hands dirty.”