[The difference this time, though, is that he listens to what she says. Actually listens, pointedly listens, with a quietness and focus that calls into question any previous flippancy.]
[Because the thing is that she's right. Which doesn't make him wrong, necessarily. Sacrifices aren't made for nothing. Sometimes the point is loyalty, or religion, or pressure from some outside force. Sometimes the point is more complicated. Cosmic justice, or whatever. The greater good. Ha ha.]
[He leans forward, elbows on his knees, arms laid over each other loosely.] How do you know this isn't about hubris? I don't think these people live down here for fun. It's an evolutionary niche, but not one that sentient species would volunteer for. Nobody wants to be the blind cave fish. Maybe all of this is some kind of punishment for previous misdeeds. Minos-level douchery.
[A beat. Fingers drumming on his knees.]
. . . Wasn't everybody the son of Zeus, though? I feel like basically everybody was the son of Zeus.
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[The difference this time, though, is that he listens to what she says. Actually listens, pointedly listens, with a quietness and focus that calls into question any previous flippancy.]
[Because the thing is that she's right. Which doesn't make him wrong, necessarily. Sacrifices aren't made for nothing. Sometimes the point is loyalty, or religion, or pressure from some outside force. Sometimes the point is more complicated. Cosmic justice, or whatever. The greater good. Ha ha.]
[He leans forward, elbows on his knees, arms laid over each other loosely.] How do you know this isn't about hubris? I don't think these people live down here for fun. It's an evolutionary niche, but not one that sentient species would volunteer for. Nobody wants to be the blind cave fish. Maybe all of this is some kind of punishment for previous misdeeds. Minos-level douchery.
[A beat. Fingers drumming on his knees.]
. . . Wasn't everybody the son of Zeus, though? I feel like basically everybody was the son of Zeus.