“I still have his scent,” said Patricius. “Should he be nearby, I will sniff him out.”
Yong was about to object to the plan. If the search Hermes was proposing was so valuable, why hadn’t Apollo suggested it in the first place? However, looking at Artemis’s and Pan’s faces, Yong decided to say nothing. Apparently, they really couldn’t do much in Elysium themselves. Perhaps Hermes was giving them a job that would make them feel useful.
“After saying their good-byes, Artemis and Pan moved quickly back down the path, with Patricius trotting after them, and Ardalos dragging along behind. Despite his limited ability to convey—or even feel—emotion, it was clear he would rather have stayed with the students as he believed Hephaestus wanted.
Stepping from the gloom of the Underworld into the li
