"We were all somebody before we became gods," She had always been so shocked, when one of the Pantheon told her some snippet of their lives before they were gods. How Luci had smoked the same brand as her mum to avoid getting caught, how Inanna had seen her at Ragnarok. The fact that Dionysus had been at Morrigan and Baphomet's show, Cassandra as the last 'official' god of the recurrence.

It's like they all call to each other even before they're awakened.

A quick shake of her head dispels that theory. "It wasn't worth it compared to what I lost,"

Persephone says softly. Down below in the vine choked arena, Amaterasu continues to sing her heart out for a crowd that's absent.

"This was where I met you for the first time."