xEthan Knox ~ Hestia ~ #8B4513
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xHeath Taylor ~ Athena ~ #808000
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Heath nodded in appreciation. Ethan was glad Heath asked Evelyn too because he had been too preoccupied with Iliana to hear Poseidon too.
"That's good to know. I honestly didn't think coming here things would be so dramatic right off the bat. Thank you for telling us."
Heath wasn't worried about himself or Ethan. Both were all about following the rules. He didn't know about Iliana. She was generally pretty peaceful, but he didn't know how she would be now and that unnerved him. She could easily turn out like Alex.
Evelyn then told Ethan how she was doing before letting them be. The two young men were grateful for that. It was a time to reflect and calm down.
"Take care of yourself too, Evelyn. Hopefully things will get better, although I wouldn't be surprise if things got tumultuous again."
Standing up, he turned to pick up a still sleeping Iliana. Ethan got up too and turned to his fellow red-head.
"We'll see you sometime."
With a wave he followed Heath. The two headed back to their cabin. After putting Iliana in her room to sleep, they sat down in the living room area.
"Oi, that was just plain crazy. Now that it's just us, be honest with me, Heath, are you seriously okay?"
For once Heath let down his guard.
"No, I am not. This day has only just proved to me just how much I need to train myself. I was seriously not expecting Liam to come after me like that. I've always been so concern about others' welfare that I forget about my own. It's a good thing that Poseidon intercepted when he did because I did see Lia loose it. I don't know what would have happened to her if she had attacked Liam or worse. I don't know what will happen when she wakes up. I really appreciate you stopping her Ethan. You must be exhausted."
"I am. I know it's lunch time, but I think I may lay down myself. But I want to finish talking with you before I do that. I dread what Liam is going through right now. I question how being in Tartarus will 'improve' his own issues."
"We'll just have to wait and see. No use speculating over it. What else did you want to talk about? I'll probably go to the main hall to get lunch and bring food back for you and Iliana."
"Do you really think these trials will help people in the end? I could see a good number of people on edge and definitely a change person after each of theirs."
"Well for me personally, I doubt it. I'll always have these fears. The trick is to learn how to live with them. We'll see if the others can live with theirs. I am more worried on how others may use these fears and memories to their advantage. We don't know these people so who knows if any of them are as honorable as others.
"I think Evelyn can be trusted. She did seem genuinely sincere when talking with us."
"I hope so. She certainly didn't lie right now."
"Did you notice how she deliberately sat near Sloane at one point? I wonder what that was about."
"Don't think about Ethan. It's none of our business."
"You're right, well I am going to grab some snacks we brought with us and veg a bit before laying down. You get some real food, Heath. I'll let you know if Iliana wakes up."
Getting up, Ethan went to a pantry to grab a box of Wheat thins and head for his private room. Following Ethan's advice, Heath headed out to get some lunch.