[Persephone gives it another tug, light but affirming she's still there.]

You know I wasn't trying to put down how you do things right? Or at least, it wasn't my intention. I learned all this from my mother, but of course Nyx and the Fates don't know how to use a scythe. I'm an earth goddess, they're--they're them. No need to use a scythe for anything.