"all powers have two sides: the power to create and the power to destroy. we must recognize them both, but invest our gifts on the side of creation"- Robin Wall Kimmerer (Braiding Sweetgrass)
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in which a daughter of Apollo strives to truly know he...
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@themarymagdalene presents center place— percy jackson and the olympians
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the holding of the heavens
Kiwáni gulped at the statement, although it was not a surprise. The daughter of Apollo had seen how fearful Zoë had been in the garden of Hesperides, how she had not denied the fact that her father would be waiting for her at the top of the mountain.
"Let Artemis go," Zoë demanded.
Atlas walked closer to the chained goddess. "Perhaps you'd like to take the sky for her, then? Be my guest."
Zoë opened her mouth to speak, mostly likely to agree, but Artemis interrupted, shaking her head fervently. "No! Do not offer, Zoë! I forbid you."
Atlas smirked, and knelt next to Artemis, reaching out to touch her face. The goddess reached out to bite the fingers in her face, causing the Titan to pull away quickly.
"You see, daughter? Lady Artemis likes her new job."
"I don't understand," Percy muttered. "Why can't Artemis just let go of the sky?"
Atlas laughed. "How little you understand, young one. This is the point where the sky and the earth first met, where Ouranos and Gaia first brought forth their mighty children, the Titans. The sky yearns to embrace the earth. Someone must hold it at bay, or else it would crush down upon this place, flattening the mountain and everything within a hundred leagues. Once you have taken the burden, there is no escape."
Atlas smiled again, but his eyes were cold. "Unless someone else takes it from you."
The Titan crept forward, his eyes surveying both Thalia and Percy. "So these are the best heroes of the age, eh? Not much of a challenge."
