“Nothing is the same. Not even us.” Hades’s brows lowered. “What do you mean?” “I can usually lose myself in you,” she said. “But I don’t think even you can chase away this darkness.” “I’m not trying to chase it away,” Hades said. “I just want to help you live with it.” “It has changed me. I am not the same, Hades.” “I do not expect you to be,” he said. “But you are not so different that I do not recognize you.” “You say that now,” she said. “But there are parts of me that I do not even know. Thoughts I think that are not even mine.” He studied her for a few moments and then brushed a strand
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