_{[But it's not fine. Nothing is fine and Hermes is most certainly not fine.]}

I understand. I will not keep your ear long then.

_{[He swallows. If only he could disappear to the star right now he might just make that choice. He really has ruined everything, hasn't he? Hipping his head low he bends in a bow, hands pressed together in prayer as he braces himself to plead for forgiveness.]}

...I fully understand if you want nothing to do with me after what happened in the park. I cannot excuse the way I reacted and so I will not waste your time attempting to do so. My judgement was clouded and I made a choice fueled by panic and desperation, not logic. What I did was wrong and I should not have done it in any circumstance.

_{[He swallows again, head hanging even lower.]}

I do not know how to apologize to you Hades, as mere words seem cheap, but I wish to say sorry all the same. I would ask for your forgiveness but I feel I do not deserve it.

_{[He feels he doesn't deserve much of anything anymore these days.]}

So I will not ask for it...but I thank you for at the very least meeting with me.