'Can I see your eyes?' 'No,' he said, but the word was soft. 'Please?' I stepped towards him, staring into his smoky, featureless face. 'Why do you want to see them?' he asked. 'Because... When I saw them yesterday, I knew I wasn't dreaming. I knew this was real,' I said, knowing I was telling him too much, but not able to stop myself. 'They're the only thing I recognize in this world.' Hades' form flashed, and suddenly, there they were. Those intense, beautiful silver eyes. But they were filled with sadness, and pain so evident that my breath caught. In under a second they were gone again,
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