POV: Eros
He loved her. He also loved what she loved.
She lashes out and I accept it and the accepting is not performance.
I've been in the between-space through this entire journey and the being-in-the-between-space means I've been in the ambient awareness of everyone Aphrodite has been in the ambient awareness of, which includes Kai from the beginning — from before the ruins when he was the specific quality of steady beside her that was already building toward the bond the ruins settled.
I watched him develop toward the person who would make the specific choice the prophecy described.
