Instead, though, the mortal set a small box on the desk. It appeared to be a ring box, but what was inside surprised even Hades. It was an eye. “Is that what I think it is?” Hades asked. “That depends on what you think it is,” said Acacius. “You are wearing your chances thin.” “It is the eye of the Graeae.” It was exactly as Hades thought. The Graeae were three sisters who wore the skin of hags, though their true form was rather monstrous. The three had the bodies of swans, though their heads and arms were human, and between them, they shared a tooth and an eye. “How did you come to possess
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