That's new, and worrying, and Ryo pushes through the exhaustion clouding the corners of his mind to try to think. What had changed? The mission had been particularly difficult, and Persephone had created an incredible springtime on a dying world, and then the stress and bustle of arrivals and departures today-
Wait.
Springtime.
Thanatos had mentioned that the mortal realm on his world was trapped in an eternal winter. Winters had been mild in Eloe - it had only been when Ryo had stayed with Orion and Endon's family for winter that he'd seen snow for the first time and learned how harsh and cold a winter could truly be. If winters on Thanatos's world were like that - ice and snow and biting, piercing cold that never ended - then he must see quite a few mortals freezing and starving to death, on a world that never truly gets to live.
And if Persephone's spring had affected Ryo, then it may well have utterly floored Thanatos. When would he have last seen spring, let alone one as vibrant as that?
He hugs Thanatos a little tighter, as if he could steady them both through that touch. "There's not a lot of life on your world, is there," he says quietly.
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Wait.
Springtime.
Thanatos had mentioned that the mortal realm on his world was trapped in an eternal winter. Winters had been mild in Eloe - it had only been when Ryo had stayed with Orion and Endon's family for winter that he'd seen snow for the first time and learned how harsh and cold a winter could truly be. If winters on Thanatos's world were like that - ice and snow and biting, piercing cold that never ended - then he must see quite a few mortals freezing and starving to death, on a world that never truly gets to live.
And if Persephone's spring had affected Ryo, then it may well have utterly floored Thanatos. When would he have last seen spring, let alone one as vibrant as that?
He hugs Thanatos a little tighter, as if he could steady them both through that touch. "There's not a lot of life on your world, is there," he says quietly.