"I'm not sure I had ever been so loud or forward in the House before. I don't even remember exactly what started it." Thanatos wonders how much word has spread among the Underworld about the things he said to his mother and Lord Hades. He can't feel too concerned about his reputation, however. His prolonged absence had ruined that long before he spoke his mind while lost in emotions.

"Zag missed it too. He had already left for his mother by then."