"I know, and I'm grateful, but--the whole House is captive, Nyx. You, Meg, Dusa--mother and father. Me. Than." How horrible must it be for those poor mortal souls, without gentle Death to shepherd them, without the Underworld to shelter them. Zagreus had never been the most devoted son, when it came to the duties the House of Hades were bound to, but even he could scarcely stand the thought of it all.