41. Exploration
Exploration
We returned to our cave
with the crimson and violet flowers.
Styx dropped the violet flowers in the water
and we waited to see if anything happened.
We waited for them
to reveal some kind of magic property,
to show us some kind of dreamlike quality.
But when they just floated in the water,
the eel swimming around them
with curiosity, I had a thought.
‘What if… what if we are wrong about it
being Ouranos’s blood that made the violets.’
Styx stared at me thoughtfully,
her expression laced with questions.
‘What are you suggesting?’
I watched the sleek black eel
swimming in the water.
Then I looked into Styx’s eyes.
‘I am saying,’ I said softly,
‘try to make the eel again.’