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*she's got that Hadesian height and build and those tell-tale blue eyes but her hair is much darker than her father's, even when she hasn't tinted it crimson -- from her mother she's acquired a divinely simple beauty and that slight echo of wings that you can see behind her from the corner of your eye but, no, that does not mean that her mother is an angel -- signs and symbols of the Greek pantheon mingle with depictions of bloody victories to cover her right arm from shoulder to elbow*
'Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in Hell,
And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;
On the confines of Earth, 'twas permitted to rest,
And in the depths of the ocean its presence confessed;
'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder,
Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder;
'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath,
Attends him at birth and awaits him at death,
Presides o'er his happiness, honor and health,
Is the prop of his house and the end of his wealth.
In the heaps of the miser, 'tis hoarded with care,
But is sure to be lost on his prodigal heir;
It begins every hope, every wish it must bound;
With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned;
Without it the soldier and seaman may roam,
But woe to the wretch who expels it from home!
In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found,
Nor e'er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned;
'Twill soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear,
It will make him acutely and instantly hear.
Set in shade, let it rest like a delicate flower;
Ah! Breath on it softly, it dies in an hour.
*pauses a moment, then smiles faintly* Now don't cheat, darlings. And family can't answer. They've all heard that riddle before.
Typist: This is entirely the fault of Maja and Angie. Possibly some other people were involved but mostly it was Maja and next it was Angie. Meet Hypatia Fanshawe Hades, the elder of the Cocytus/Nike/Ares twinthings. She was mostly raised by Nike so the Greeks will know her and she'll know all about the Hadeses but they'll probably only recognize her in passing unless they've spent a lot of time with Cytty's brood while growing up. Her brother will be along shortly.
'Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in Hell,
And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;
On the confines of Earth, 'twas permitted to rest,
And in the depths of the ocean its presence confessed;
'Twill be found in the sphere when 'tis riven asunder,
Be seen in the lightning and heard in the thunder;
'Twas allotted to man with his earliest breath,
Attends him at birth and awaits him at death,
Presides o'er his happiness, honor and health,
Is the prop of his house and the end of his wealth.
In the heaps of the miser, 'tis hoarded with care,
But is sure to be lost on his prodigal heir;
It begins every hope, every wish it must bound;
With the husbandman toils, and with monarchs is crowned;
Without it the soldier and seaman may roam,
But woe to the wretch who expels it from home!
In the whispers of conscience its voice will be found,
Nor e'er in the whirlwind of passion be drowned;
'Twill soften the heart; but though deaf be the ear,
It will make him acutely and instantly hear.
Set in shade, let it rest like a delicate flower;
Ah! Breath on it softly, it dies in an hour.
*pauses a moment, then smiles faintly* Now don't cheat, darlings. And family can't answer. They've all heard that riddle before.
Typist: This is entirely the fault of Maja and Angie. Possibly some other people were involved but mostly it was Maja and next it was Angie. Meet Hypatia Fanshawe Hades, the elder of the Cocytus/Nike/Ares twinthings. She was mostly raised by Nike so the Greeks will know her and she'll know all about the Hadeses but they'll probably only recognize her in passing unless they've spent a lot of time with Cytty's brood while growing up. Her brother will be along shortly.