He hums a grim note. "It still shows in the shades, but I dared to hope the world was on the mend."

"All the more reason to end this quickly and as peaceably as you can." Achilles grasps Hermes' hand, turning it so he can twine their fingers.

"Our happiness together is but a small prize in all of this." He knows how much Hermes cares for humans, but as a man who suffered in part from the bickering of gods, he can't help but say it aloud: "Mortals have but one short life, and it's much too precious to be spent steeped in such discord."