“We are not having a piss corner. That is unhygienic, uncouth, and moreover bad breeding! I will not have my child behaving like that. And so, to meet our differing needs, I propose we move. Not so much that we accidentally create cults, but I want to sleep in a bed and sit at a table properly again. And I’m sure Hythlodaeus wants the same. He’s been sharing with the Auri men.”

“It’s not so bad,” Hythlodaeus said. “Mortals just require constant reminders about physical boundaries.” Not having met many mortals, he assumed that the pushy, sex-starved young men in the barracks were normal.

Hades tried to hush little Aza back to sleep as he protested sleepily. “He’s barely hatched. At least wait until he can speak before putting him against me. Besides, shapeshifting should be simple for someone like him. But I’ll give it a few months.”