Ch. 74: Meeting The God Of The Forge
As we left the cramped apartment, my thoughts were racing. Hephaestus was an enigma, a god who had been cast aside despite his talent. Deformed at birth and thrown from Olympus by his own mother, Hera, he had never truly been accepted among the gods. And yet, he had created the greatest wonders of Olympus. Zeus's thunderbolt, Achilles' armor— these were his handiwork. He was a genius, no doubt, but he was also volatile.
Talos pulled her car at a corner of the road and we set out on foot from there.
We passed through the darkened streets, the atmosphere growing thicker with tension. The air itself seemed to hum with anticipation, as if the gods were watching us from their thrones in the heavens. My senses were on high alert. Anything could happen now since the world was in chaos.
