"Destiny is equitable, to gain something, you must pay something."
"If you wish to defeat Typhon, you need to put a comparable stake on the table; if you wish to kill it, the same applies."
Withered fingers touched that single Thread of Fate, and Atropos transformed it into a seed, then handed it over to Zeus.
"Give it what you can pay... it will then produce the necessary effect. Typhon will not be able to touch you, so you must give it the chance to do so."
"Put up your Divine Power, your destiny, your throne as the Divine King, endow it with the ability to take all that from you. If you are defeated by it, you will lose everything—you shall fall into an eternal slumber, and Typhon will usurp your destiny."
"If I can defeat it," Zeus said coldly, his voice detached, "then what use do I have for this seed?"
"If not, how is that different from giving Typhon a gift?"