"She said...she said Cronos has us all imprisoned, that he took over the House, that Hecate fled with her as a babe, and with Hypnos." Saying it out loud, after insisting to Melinoë that it need not be so, he would fight it, he would change it, somehow--saying it to Nyx in particular, who was so wise, who understood so much more than he ever could...it made it more real. And it hurt. "She...it isn't fair, Nyx."