Decline the eyes. Permit no change in posture. Zeus’ pronouncement against Dolce’s wife passes unimpeded through him and - by a tilt of his head - proceeds to the Lady Demeter. “It is…as the Thunderer says.” A good servant speaks when it is to the interest of their masters. A good servant offers no explanation, where none is asked for. “Shall your pronouncement stand?”

Do you, o Maiden of Spring, wish to contradict the Queen of Olympus? To her face?

But of course, your will is yours. Act, speak, as you see fit. He stands not at all, but least of all not in your way. Small. Inoffensive. Gone, for all purposes that mattered.