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[M @SerpentineStone]

[Is watching Athena’s children from a distance, sunglasses on so if her son catches her sight he won’t turn to stone.]

[M @SerpentineStone]

Are you afraid?

[Seph Cromwell @CelestialIbrido]

“Shes joking right? They’re not actually real are they?”

[M @SerpentineStone]

@AnomicRegal It’s for you kid. I’m sure your mom wouldn’t approve of a real one so this is a loophole.

[M @SerpentineStone]

[Bends down to @AnomicRegal’s height, holding a small snake bracelet out to her.]

[M @SerpentineStone]

No, and you’re not going to tell her.

[Athena @InsightfulDeity]

Does she know?

[M @SerpentineStone]

@TimidNobleCrown Yeah, it’s something special. [The woman says, pulling out an intricate golden bracelet.] This has been passed down through my family for years, and I want you to have it.

[M @SerpentineStone]

[Settles down in front of @TimidNobleCrown.]

I’ve brought something for you.

[M @SerpentineStone]

@TimidNobleCrown It’s not that I don’t want to see him Athena, I hope you know that. [She frowns, sadness etched in her eyes.] I don’t want anything to happen to him. I couldn’t live with myself if an innocent child turned to stone because of me.

[M @SerpentineStone]

[Simply stares at @TimidNobleCrown’s daughters, a grin on her face.] May I hold one?

[M @SerpentineStone]

@TimidNobleCrown No, I will if I even glance at him. That’s how it works.

[M @SerpentineStone]

@TimidNobleCrown I can’t look at him. [She states, not meaning for it to sound as harsh as it sounds.] Please take him out of this room. [It’s not that she wants him gone, she just doesn’t want to hurt him.]

[M @SerpentineStone]

@TimidNobleCrown You have no idea why it came to you? [She doesn’t dare glance in the boys direction.]

[M @SerpentineStone]

@TimidNobleCrown Where did you get that name?

[M @SerpentineStone]

@TimidNobleCrown …Perseus?

[M @SerpentineStone]

@TimidNobleCrown Who is this little one anyway?

[M @SerpentineStone]

@TimidNobleCrown Do people not have manners anymore? [She rolls her eyes, not at the girl obviously, picking up one of them.] Thank you for letting me hold them.

[M @SerpentineStone]

@InsightfulDeity You don’t get it Athena. I was all alone with a child who I couldn’t even look at. Not because I didn’t want to, but because I physically couldn’t. I tried countless times to summon you, and there was no reply.

[M @SerpentineStone]

@InsightfulDeity Did you ever stop to think about how I feel about the situation? I had a /son/ Athena. I couldn’t even look at him. Maybe I needed support through that, but instead I was all alone.

[M @SerpentineStone]

[Bumps her shoulder against @TimidNobleCrown’s.] What a buzzkill.

[M @SerpentineStone]

@InsightfulDeity And he hasn’t found us since the beginning. [She points out.] Besides, isn’t this town protected from the outside?