Hades manifested in a dark room within his palace where Hermes had taken up residence. He was immediately hit with the sound of the god’s guttural snoring. It was so loud, it vibrated the air around him, and he wondered if Hermes was actually breathing. Hades summoned light in the fireplace and the sconces on the walls, but Hermes didn’t even flinch. “Hermes!” Hades’s voice thundered in the small room, but the god did not startle. He probably cannot hear me over the sound of his own snoring, Hades thought. He approached the bed on which Hermes lay starfished on his stomach. “Hermes!” he said
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