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As she (Psyche) was climbing down the narrow ledges inside the volcanic fissure, she happened to pass a lame ass-driver.
(Don't look at me funny. That's exactly what the old stories called him: a lame ass-driver. The dude was lame, like crippled. He was leading an ass, like a donkey. What did you think I meant?)
Anyway, Psyche thought it was weird to see a crippled dude in a volcanic vent, just hanging out with his ass. (I'm not going to laugh. Nope. Not even a little.)
The guy called out to her, "Hello, there, girl! You look kind and helpful. My ass has dropped some of it's load... by which, of course, I mean that my donkey has dropped some of the firewood it was carrying. Could you help me gather up these sticks and put them back on my ass?"
I guess Aphrodite was testing Psyche to see if she would get distracted by helping the dude. either that or she was trying to make Psyche laugh so hard she would fall into the chasm.
But Psyche didn't respond to the guy. She remembered Eros's warning and kept climbing.
The ass-driver disappeared like a mirage, which was a relief to Psyche and all the parents reading this book, because things were getting a little inappropriate there. -Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes by Rick Riordan, page 101 & 102
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I...
IM NOT EVEN SURE WHO TO JUDGE HERE?!
LIKE SHOULD I JUDGE PERC, OR THE LAME ASS-DRIVER, OR APHRODITE OR?!
LET ME JUST SAY THIS.
THAT. WAS. AMAZING.
AND AS FOR APHRODITE,
*wipes tear*
THAT WAS SUCH A STUPID DISTRACTION!
*dies of laughter*
*rolls into the chasm*
