There was a moment of silence when Hades finished, and Hythlodaeus - who had already been aware of Hades's first child - chanced a glance at Prometheus.
He was, annoyingly, unreadable. His expression was difficult to parse, due to the fact that Hythlodaeus still wasn't very good at deciphering dragon expressions, and that Prometheus's soul had gone few soft and opaque. He was clearly mulling it over, but Hythlodaeus had no idea if he was going to react well or poorly to it.
"...well, that explains your egg anxiety," Prometheus finally said, his tone still damnably neutral, "And I was dead at the time, so I can't begrudge you marrying someone and having a child with them either."
There was a but, though, it was clear in Prometheus's tone. However, he didn't utter it, because... he was wary of prodding that. Questions like; 'Hades, you're not a naturally generous soul, so why would you live out a mortal's life to that extent unless you were getting something out of it?' and 'Twenty two years old is old enough for a mortal noble family to procreate before passing on, so are there any other grandchildren or great-grandchildren I should know about too, and if so, why haven't I seen hide or hair of them?' and 'I smell bullshit, there's more to this then you're telling me'.
But Prometheus didn't ask those questions.
Instead; "If you're worried about Aza suffering from the same fate... don't. Dragons are pretty robust creatures. Never heard of any getting sick, to be honest..."
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He was, annoyingly, unreadable. His expression was difficult to parse, due to the fact that Hythlodaeus still wasn't very good at deciphering dragon expressions, and that Prometheus's soul had gone few soft and opaque. He was clearly mulling it over, but Hythlodaeus had no idea if he was going to react well or poorly to it.
"...well, that explains your egg anxiety," Prometheus finally said, his tone still damnably neutral, "And I was dead at the time, so I can't begrudge you marrying someone and having a child with them either."
There was a but, though, it was clear in Prometheus's tone. However, he didn't utter it, because... he was wary of prodding that. Questions like; 'Hades, you're not a naturally generous soul, so why would you live out a mortal's life to that extent unless you were getting something out of it?' and 'Twenty two years old is old enough for a mortal noble family to procreate before passing on, so are there any other grandchildren or great-grandchildren I should know about too, and if so, why haven't I seen hide or hair of them?' and 'I smell bullshit, there's more to this then you're telling me'.
But Prometheus didn't ask those questions.
Instead; "If you're worried about Aza suffering from the same fate... don't. Dragons are pretty robust creatures. Never heard of any getting sick, to be honest..."