Snippet #1361915

Adrik just sat by and absentmindedly looked around while the others quarreled, he listened to them sometimes, but like usual his mind was somewhere else. He felt oddly small in the chair made for a god, his feet didn't even reach the floor. He felt like he should return to his godly state, but he just enjoyed being human, or at least appearing human, unlike the others.
When Zeus came into the room, brightly dressed, Adrik restrained a smile. He understood there was a time to be serious and a time for joking, and this wasn't a time to joke. While Zeus spoke of his plan Adrik twiddled his thumbs, looking in his lap.
"I don’t care what kind of mortal schedule you had planned: photo shoots, school, sports, dating…it doesn’t matter anymore. " Adrik's godly father said, and Adrik's eyes finally met his father's. He opened his mouth as if he was going to talk, but no words could come out. He didn't think about how much the war would take from him, he didn't think that he would have to take human interaction to a stop, but he understood if he didn't help then he wouldn't have any humans to know. Adrik just shut his mouth and went back to looking at the table.
When Hades walked in Persephone found her place at his side. That's how it always was, they were together as long as Hades wasn't off killing someone. They spoke for a moment and Adrik just sat there, awkwardly.
"I'll help, with the fighting" he said, Adrik wasn't very confrontational, but Adrik knew that Apollo was, at least marginally more than Adrik. "I mean, I can shoot some arrows, that would count for something" he said, and gave a smile. the thought of winning didn't even cross his mind.