Oh right, not everyone had a handful of nymphs to keep them company for every waking moment. She keeps up her scritches dutifully, humming to herself.

"True--I know. I've never had one myself but my friend Artemis has a cat. Um--and recently a wolf? That I think she might have stolen." Persephone squints, thinking back, then shrugs, "And Hades has a bunch of dogs. But you know, I've never actually had a pet of my own."