[ This is getting really strange, and Orpheus can't quite get his head around it. No they aren't, yes they are, no it doesn't, yes it does. There's some kind of fundamental misunderstanding happening here, but he doesn't know how to get around it. ]

I see Lady Persephone every year, and spring doesn't come until she shows up, because she's the one who brings it. It's her domain. If she didn't come back, it would always be winter. Same with Lord Apollo carrying the sun, and Lord Poseidon and his court with the tides. Scientists study how the gods do it, but they know who's - well, doing it.