The touch on his neck was already working to relax him - a knot in his spine slowly releasing. He should have known better, than to expect rage from Finn. Not with him.
"She was in the middle of nowhere, Finn," He said, his voice dropping low. "The barest desert I've set foot in, in a while. Demeter told her to make the desert bloom, but there wasn't a drop of water to be found. It was so obviously a- a mask that I couldn't stand it. She tried telling me that she'd left on purpose. To go there? For what?" He let out a low, frustrated noise, and turned his head to bury his face in Finn's throat.
There was a long pause before he continued.
"I'm not actually going to keep her here against her will. Not - not for more than a few days, anyway. If I let her go now, she'd be punished. It has to look like I've done this entirely against her will. But I wouldn't keep her here."
There was another pause, and then a low murmur: "I wouldn't even keep you here, if you wanted to leave. I'm not Demeter. I would never-- If you decided that this wasn't your place, I wouldn't keep you here."
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"She was in the middle of nowhere, Finn," He said, his voice dropping low. "The barest desert I've set foot in, in a while. Demeter told her to make the desert bloom, but there wasn't a drop of water to be found. It was so obviously a- a mask that I couldn't stand it. She tried telling me that she'd left on purpose. To go there? For what?" He let out a low, frustrated noise, and turned his head to bury his face in Finn's throat.
There was a long pause before he continued.
"I'm not actually going to keep her here against her will. Not - not for more than a few days, anyway. If I let her go now, she'd be punished. It has to look like I've done this entirely against her will. But I wouldn't keep her here."
There was another pause, and then a low murmur: "I wouldn't even keep you here, if you wanted to leave. I'm not Demeter. I would never-- If you decided that this wasn't your place, I wouldn't keep you here."