[He does as she says and doesn't move an inch, keeping his arm around her to soothe her off to sleep. His other hand reaches up, carefully, to brush away some stray hair falling into her face.]
I'll not leave you, Athena. You have my word.
[To do anything otherwise would be a dereliction of his duty. Whatever Metis thinks of him -- if that was truly her -- Athena is still the one person he can't abandon.]
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I'll not leave you, Athena. You have my word.
[To do anything otherwise would be a dereliction of his duty. Whatever Metis thinks of him -- if that was truly her -- Athena is still the one person he can't abandon.]