It’s b e e n days s i n c e Hades h a d been a r o u n d. Days t h a t were s l o w y but s u r e l y just b e c o m i n g longer and l o n g e r, the l o n g e r that h e was s t a y i n g away. I didn’t t h i n k that I would be this a f f e c t e d by his a b s e n c e, but it turned out that I was wrong. Very w r o n g . Every single time that I t h o u g h t that I u n d e r a r o o d e v e r y t h i n g that I felt, I found that I was wrong. There was no one for me to talk to during the day. I hadn’t had the h e a r t to speak to my m o t h e r just yet, especially c o n s i d e r i n g the way that our last c o n v e r s a t i o n had gone. It was b e g i n n i n g to take its toll on me too, but I b e l i e v e d that that was going to be b e c a u s e of the fact that I had no