Hades' Decision

"Please, help me. I can't take it any longer… I can't take this stress any longer. I'm afraid I'll destroy the legacy and power you've established across this plane… it's eating me up from the inside," 

His shaky voice then turned into whimpers, making noise as he cried and cried until tears could no longer run from his sockets. 

"I'll leave you two be," Aika muttered, giving both of us a kiss on the head and then turning away. "Oh, and Arpious, maybe take a bath when you've settled everything." 

"Do I smell?" 

"Just a bit," She chuckled before Hades and I split up, him unable to even look me in the eyes as he stared at the sheets below. 

There was a long pause between us as I stared at my child who was too ashamed to even look me in the eyes. 

"Why did you treat your family like that? I heard from Zehar that you had a wife and even a child, yet you pushed them away until they left… do you even know where they are?"