Paying what's owed ---
Himeros.
Q and Anteros.
Mum and Dite --- and that mangy mutt-thing.
It was mess. A fucking mess. A downward spiral with nowhere else to go but down, down, down. Trite sayings of "There's nowhere else to go but up" given with bright smiles and in a singsong voice. They made him retch at the ridiculousness of it. They were entirely false. There was no up (for him). No better (for him). He was here now and in the here and now everything was not what he had wanted, but who cared about what he wanted? expected it to be.
He had tried to do what was best. For him. For Himeros. For them both. Look where it had them.
Pothos frowned.
I'm philosophizing too much. And talk to myself too much.
He shook his head.
Get a grip.
The first task was to pay a visit to Anteros. He had indeed promised Dite that her son would still be in one piece the next time she saw him --- but there were so many roundabout ways to fulfill that promise (and he had shown before that he was willing to break a promise...or five).
A row. A big, nasty row with lots of screaming and yelling and throwing things. That was what they needed.
That was what he wanted.
And after he got back what was his --- A trip to Cupid is in order.
Pothos always paid his debts in full. Always.
Now, to Anteros.
Q and Anteros.
Mum and Dite --- and that mangy mutt-thing.
It was mess. A fucking mess. A downward spiral with nowhere else to go but down, down, down. Trite sayings of "There's nowhere else to go but up" given with bright smiles and in a singsong voice. They made him retch at the ridiculousness of it. They were entirely false. There was no up (for him). No better (for him). He was here now and in the here and now everything was not what he had wanted, but who cared about what he wanted? expected it to be.
He had tried to do what was best. For him. For Himeros. For them both. Look where it had them.
Pothos frowned.
I'm philosophizing too much. And talk to myself too much.
He shook his head.
Get a grip.
The first task was to pay a visit to Anteros. He had indeed promised Dite that her son would still be in one piece the next time she saw him --- but there were so many roundabout ways to fulfill that promise (and he had shown before that he was willing to break a promise...or five).
A row. A big, nasty row with lots of screaming and yelling and throwing things. That was what they needed.
That was what he wanted.
And after he got back what was his --- A trip to Cupid is in order.
Pothos always paid his debts in full. Always.
Now, to Anteros.