He rolled his eyes. "And I her, but you do not anger Stheno, no matter how well disposed she might be...I didn't think..." He fell off again with a sigh.

"Enough." Thelios muttered gruffly. He turned away and took up his usual seat, rubbing his chin and frowning. Calliope decided to join him, standing at his shoulder as the rest fell silent. "So, you're here now because the Gorgon's were missing and I was missing...what then?"

"I'd been having visions...you know how they are when something is imminent, and I saw you, this place, your father...and snippets of all kinds of things I can't yet make sense out of." He...