II
Anguis Domus
‘The Dragon’s Home’
Even the Gods are capable of worry.
Most mortals do not believe it so. Most believe them harsh and uncaring, or supremely indifferent.
But some gods do worry. Some care so deeply that even on the heavenly verges of the world, they can lay awake, restless and chasing sleep when the mortals they care for, whom they have protected, are destined for trials not of Olympus’ devising.
The Gods would seek to protect mortals from themselves, but there are some things that the rules of divine order strictly ordain.
From the high slopes of Olympus, in their gleaming halls, in the shade of their eternally fruitful trees beside the clarion trickle of their fountains, the Gods hear and see all.
They care, and feel. They love, and hate, the same as their mortal
