“If I had known—if I’d been given any inkling—I would have never—” “It’s all right, Hades,” she said. “I did not ask to cause you grief.” “You did not cause me grief,” he said. “I think back on that moment often, reflecting on the ease with which I gave up something I would come to wish for, but that is the consequence of bargaining with the Fates. Inevitably, you will always desire what they take. One day, I think, you will come to resent me for my actions.” “I do not, and I will not,” she said, as if she were insulted he suggested it. “Can you not forgive yourself as easily as you have
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