"Mebbe requires some backstory then," Zephyr mentioned. "See, we were kind poor when she was little. So, notta lotta options in the bedtime story department. Found this compediuma Greek myths left behind in the place we lived. I did try makin stuff up, but wasn't ever real compellin. So, we had this book nobody was readin..."

Someone else had already read it though. Whoever had lived in the house before them. Someone's love had all but destroyed the volume and to the point no tape ever made it just right again.

"She likes Hades an Persephone, Eros an Psyche, Hyacinth an Apollo. Know you didn ask, but me? I'm inta anythin where Hera pitches a fit. Those're awesome."