Ch. 145: Reunions Don't Always Go As Planned
"Where is she?!" I bood
Hephestus balled his hands into fists. "You co in here and order around like you own the place? You higher gods co in here and act like you own the place. When last have any of you cared about more than my works."
I raised my head and started to advance further. "I won't repeat my self."
"Likewise", he said as he made to et .
I had no reason to put up with anyone till I had the answers I was looking for even if it ant dealing with the god of the forge himself.
Hephestus stopped and burst into laughter, I swear this guy just loves to joke all the ti. "Bahaha! You guy just can't take a joke, always up for a fight whoever it is. Don't worry I won't fight a fight I can't win."
I relaxed myself and said. "I apologize for intruding but I'm looking for soone at the mont, might I know if she ca by?"
Hephestus smiled and bood. "Hey kid, it's for you!" He turned back to . "Are you sure you won't eat her soul."
I raised my hand and said. "Nah! I already had pickled eggs for breakfast."
"With sauce on top? Maybe ketchup!" He seed largely happy which was sothing new over his broody face. I wonder if Talos was really here.
I tried to sense for her energy but I sensed another person behind one approaching from behind him. Soone I could not see due to his hulking features.
"So how's the underworld? Still full of dead people?" Hephestus asked with a sense of criticism.
I raised an eyebrow and eyed him. "Yeah, I guess."
"If you need better structures I do have so plans with a good price." He said again.
Why the hell was he so nice with , like he fell on the right side of the bed for the first ti. It was annoying.
I heard soone approach from behind him and stopped. "I'll take it from here." It was a soft female voice.
My heart turned as Hephestus started to walk away. "Be careful with him, he loves dead people."
"Yeah, I know that all too well." I could see her small figure standing there, her hair cut short and wearing a dark singlet and trouser.
I could not smile or wave I just stood there and muttered the only thing I could, "Talos?"
She stood there her hand holding on to her other hand with a specific awkwardness that was no hers, her face seed unusually tensed like she was angry— at .
"Ten years? You certainly did take your ti here." Her voice carried an undertone of rage in them. "Don't even try to make up for all the lost ti."
"I- I won't." I spoke back going along with the awkwardness in the air. "You had a run in with the circle and ca back here?"
"No kidding genius." She said with a hint of sarcasm.
I stood there for another mont waiting for he to say sothing or at least yell at but she did nothing but stand there and look directly at with challenging eyes.
"So, I'm sorry I ca back late." As I spoke she broke into a sprint and ca for , curious as to what she would do I stood there.
When she crossed the space between and reached , the first thing she started to do was pound at my chest with her fists. "You idiot, why did you have to disappear for so long and not say a word?" Her voice started with rage and I let her vent it out on next she broke down and started to sob. Iit made wonder just what she had been through in all this ti.
She threw herself on and wrapped her hands around , her eyes crying into . I stayed there and cursed myself for leaving her alone. My instincts played and I reached out and pulled her into my wam embrace, my arms wrapling around her.
"I must have put you through a lot, and for that I am truly sorry." I said I pressed down on her head.
She sobbed more and scread at . "Dammit! Where were you when I needed you?!"
It was rare to see her like this which ant she must have gone through a lot.
The only reassuring thing I could say was, "I'm here now, it's fine."
CLINK!
"Huh?" I gasped lightly as my hands touched sothing tal on her left arm. "What's this?"
She drew back gently and showed her hands, my heart sank as I looked at her left arm from the elbow down to be constructed of tal.
"What happened to your arm?" The rage I had inside seething through.
Talos looked at with shaky eyes and said. "It was ten years ago, I had a lead on Pandora and went there earlier than expected to the eting grounds and I was ambushed my Pandora."
So my assumption was right?
"I nearly died from the encounter, she destroyed the clock tower and unfortunately for the rubble ca down on my hand and I lost it." She grazed the tallic covering of her left arm. "It's a bit of a tale but I ca back here for Hephestus to patch up."
The rage I had long been keeping locked up blazed from like a burning furnace as I spoke. "Those who have hurt you, I'll hunt them down."
She looked at with pleasing eyes and said. "Don't go losing your reins because of now my knight in armour. I think I might have figured out a big problem, Pandora is the future Mr Anonymous and I was the one who inspired her to beco what she baca."
My rage lted into a look of pure shock. "Pandora is... You inspired?" What was that supposed to an anyway? That Talos created Mr Anonymous? Then did that an she would shoulder the responsibility for it on her own...?
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