167. ‘Come Here, Child’
‘COME HERE, CHILD’
Her voice was softer than it was
in Kronos’ cave, but I could still hear
every monster of the night it hid inside.
I shuddered, a cold in my veins.
I knew she did not like uninvited guests
inside her realm, and I had disobeyed.
Slowly, I stood on my own two feet,
and began to walk towards her, inch by inch.
I summoned all my courage.
But as I was walking,
I saw him, the dark-robed
figure with a kind face at her side.
It struck me in this moment
that this was the boy
who helped me with Cerberus.
But what was he doing here?
Why would he be
in Nyx’s realm?
It was his scythe
that gave him away.
Her favourite son.
Thanatos,
the God of Peaceful
Death and Endings.