Sheena was silent for a moment. "That's one way to put it. And I wasn't the only one. However, Eros stopped challenging Atia directly and began doing things like this whenever she had to leave the island. I think he felt that we'd be upset that she wasn't there to protect us and that we would turn to him." She shook her head.

"Idiot." Yep, she still calls them as she sees them. And he may notice that as she speaks, the woodenness she had displayed is starting to melt here and there.

"I don't know," she admitted. "I know that it's a tradition on Earth, and that a lot of Atia's family--other Gods--have the same names as those from that world. It's possible they took the names after encountering the planet, or he adopted the symbolism then. I honestly don't know. As for how I came back." She paused.

"Since this wasn't a 'normal' death, I didn't have to give anything up to Thanatos in order to reurn. Although, it still took three days."