[ Orpheus nods. ]

We talked about it a little, when I opened the photograph. And I wouldn't - ask anything of the gods, without going to her first. I don't think she'd like the idea of either of us being indebted to them anyway.

[ They're technically his extended family, but that doesn't tend to count for much, with the other demigods he's met. ]

Sorry. I know you probably don't want to be in the middle of this. I can go, if you'd rather get back to reading.