Persephone waits out the silence, eyes closed. The world is not silent around them, the little noises of a world coming back to life, the children far off, the people pluck apples from trees, cucumbers from vines, going about a green and lush life.

Beside her, Thanatos is silent. It is calm, peaceful. Then he speaks and she cracks an eye open, turns to look at him with a flat unimpressed expression.

"This is not a performance review. You're not at work and Hades is not asking you to rate your hots for Zagreus on a scale of one to ten. I can't believe you gave yourself half points."