[That's such a weird phrase to hear. Ruins of Helios... He really is seriously behind on... well... everything.]

I mean, I don't even know what kind of signs there would be of that, but... Yeah. Yeah, probably good. Just gonna be optimistic about that one.

[Oh.

Oh, that's... a new tone. He's never heard Athena talk like this before. And by Athena standards it's... Well, shit, it catches him off guard. Which is clear enough by the fact that the nervousness just... disappears for a moment, while he stares at her.

It makes the fear in his eyes a lot more obvious. But there's also... maybe not quite relief and maybe not quite hope, but something close enough to both those things.]

I... [Another pause. Briefer this time.] Okay. Okay...

...Thanks, 'thena.