Chapter 4Once his feet were on the sandy beach, Perseus looked up at the mountainside, which was almost vertical and spiked with craggy rock. The sheer magnitude of the thing left him in awe.
“I would be lying if I said I wasn’t frightened,” Perseus said. “I’m so relieved you’re with me, great Hermes.”
“I must leave you,” the god said.
“What?” Perseus squeaked out.
“Well, it wouldn’t be much of a heroic quest if you had a god by your side at all times, now, would it?”
“That’s all right!” Perseus protested, waving his hands frantically. “I don’t need it to be a heroic quest. We can just call it, you know, a…a fun little romp!”
Hermes placed a hand on Perseus’s bare chest. “I can feel the spark of greatness in your heart,” he said. “It is not yet a flame, but it could grow to be so, if
