“In this example I’d be the one carrying it?” Hades asked, looking at it with fondness in spite of its sliminess. Babies were slimy too, he supposed. “I would have just separated it from my body like I told you I could do over an hour ago. Also I wouldn’t be wearing this mortal costume.”

Oh, oops, he hadn’t told him about that, had he? That he was currently residing in something probably a third his regular size. Anyway-

“I wonder when it will hatch,” Hades said, pushing the topic along.