166. With a Crackle of Blinding Light

With a Crackle of Blinding Light

Zeus stepped into the hall.

Behind him were five strangers.

Each one was bright and gleaming

silver unlike the golden Titans.

Even from here, I could feel their rage;

I could feel their sheer power.

Zeus made his way to the thrones,

the five strange Gods following behind him.

Oceanus scowled, his voice rising.

‘Who enters my home without permission?’

Zeus had a smirk on his bearded face

as he responded to this with hubris.

‘The children of Kronos, Titan.

The same ones you left to be devoured.’

A shocked murmur swept across the deities.

Zeus raised his voice, thunder roaring.

‘Did you think you would not have to atone

for abandoning us within the darkness?’

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