[Simon gets up again and paces to the window. For all these years, he's been accustomed to keeping silent, that even broaching this topic with Aura now is difficult and painful. He keeps his voice low, subdued.]

What I chose to do was my own sin, and it allowed the truth to slip away for far too long. So if you should hold a grudge against anyone...

[...it should be him. But he knows she can't, no matter how much she's screamed and cried at him over the years.

He looks back at Aura.]

I know you were never terribly fond of Athena. But at least find it in your heart to forgive her for Metis' sake... and for mine.

[There's more he's thinking of saying, but he'll take one thing at a time first.]