"Yeah. You can't look at them without burning up."

 

"Kronos would be ten times more powerful. His very presence would incinerate

you. And once he achieves this, he will empower the other Titans. They are weak

now, compared to what they will soon become, unless you can stop them. The world

will fall, the gods will die, and I will never achieve a perfect score on this

stupid machine."

 

Maybe I should've been terrified, but honestly, I was already about as scared as

I could get.

 

"Can I go now?" I asked.

 

"One last thing. My son Pollux. Is he alive?"

 

I blinked. "Yeah, last I saw him."

 

"I would very much appreciate it if you could keep him that way. I lost his

brother Castor last year — "

 

"I remember." I stared at him, trying to wrap my mind around the idea that

Dionysus could be a caring father. I wondered how many other Olympians were

thinking about their demigod children right now. "I'll do my best."

 

"Your best," Dionysus muttered. "Well, isn't that reassuring. Go now. You have