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After having finished her errand to Zeus for Thanatos and Morpheus, the Egyptian Goddess of Death made her way home. She sat on her temple steps for a while, even as she sorted souls, sent them to their correct places, and comforted the families of those left behind

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Re was watching Legend of the Drunken Master.

Damn, that Jackie Chan was funny!

Having recently revisited his divine omniscience, Re felt in desperate need of some dumbing down. It had taken him years to block out knowing everything, and it hadn't pleased him to have to remember it all. But locked up tight in his temple, watching Sunday afternoon television (it didn't matter whether it was actually Sunday afternoon - Sunday afternoon television programming was the most mind-numbing shit on the market), he was well back on his way to oblivion, and pleased by it.

But thank Himself for Tivo, because now there was somebody a-knockin'.

Of course, his omniscience wasn't gone yet, and even if it was, he'd still be able to tell the feel of family at his door.

And it was li'l Nephy, who was too cute to get mad at, even for interruptin' the Jackie Chan marathon.

He opened the door with a wide smile, and grabbed Nephthys up in a tight hug.

"What's up, baby girl?"

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Nephthys sank into Re's hug and threw it right back at him, wholly and completely.

"Hello Big Poppa! I hope I haven't interrupted? I was thinking maybe we could talk for a while?"

She peeked around him to look into his temple. There was someone screaming in the background. She gave Re a dubious look.

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"Aw, girl, you know you always welcome up in here." He gave her another squeeze, then ushered her into the temple.

"I was just watchin' some kung fu, Jackie Chan style. That boy is straight illin'. Fo' real." He hit the pause button on the remote, and brought her into the living room.

"Have a seat, baby girl. You hungry? Thirsty?"

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Nephy eyed the high-tech chairs at the bar, then siddled around them and opted for the couch. The couch was safe, right?

But there, just there, hidden under one of the arm rests that were able to be lifted up.... buttons!

Nephy edged away from the buttons suspiciously.

"I'm all right," she said, in reference to the offer.

She rubbed the back of her neck, in thought. She had wanted to ask Re to have dinner with her and Thanatos, but it came to her that she'd never seen Thanatos eat. She held off on the request for now. Rolling over so that she could hold onto the back of the couch and look over it at the same time, she called out to him as he headed for the kitchen (and another Red Stripe, it looked like).

"So how are you doing? I felt Seth change a while back, and then go normal again. Are things okay?"