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The night was too still. Thalassa stood knee-deep in the water, watching the shoreline with a quiet awareness that had nothing to do with sight. The forest wasn’t empty—it was holding its breath.
          
          That only meant one thing.
          
          “You don’t hide,” she said, though her voice remained soft, carrying easily through the silence. “Not really” her gaze lifted, finding Artemis without effort, as though the world itself had already pointed her out “you just wait until everything else disappears first.”
          
          A faint shift of the tide mirrored the thought, subtle but present “I can respect that” a pause followed, her attention settling fully now—not confrontational, but undeniably focused.
          
          “But I’m still curious why you chose /this/ place… tonight.”
          

The overgrown temple felt like it had stopped remembering what it was meant to be. Vines crawled over broken stone, soft moss swallowing the sharp edges of what used to be something sacred. Callista stood just inside the ruins, her fingers brushing lightly over a carved pillar as if it might still feel familiar under her touch.
          
          She didn’t need to turn to know she wasn’t alone. That presence never felt like intrusion. Not with Artemis.
          
          “You’re not here to take me back,” Callista said softly before the silence could stretch too long, her voice barely disturbing the stillness around them. She let her hand fall from the stone, turning her head just slightly — enough to acknowledge, not enough to surrender the quiet she’d found. Her expression wasn’t guarded. Just tired in a way that had nothing to do with the journey.
          
          “So what are you here to make me feel guilty about this time?” she added, a faint, almost teasing softness threading through the words despite herself. Then quieter, more honest — like it slipped out before she could stop it.
          
          “…Or are you just checking I haven’t completely disappeared yet?”

hohohoho ! i must say , what a brilliant speech you gave to them ! even zeus is  put to shame my friend !

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⠀ ❛  star  —  pale,  celestial,  
          ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀             neither  flesh  nor  blood.  ❜ 
          
          ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀                  —  ARTEMIS
          ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ goddess  of  the  hunt,  the  moon,  &&  the  wild.