Jayne’s demeanour was on the border between motherly and intimidating, and I wasn’t sure which way she would respond to me when I had explained myself.
I had to reassure myself that Ares would not have brought her here to talk to me if he didn’t think she would be compassionate and do everything she could to help me, but as soon as I had convinced myself of that I was able to try and remember everything that had happened to me the previous evening and recount it in a way that I hoped gave her the information she needed to be able to help me.
I explained how I had first heard Ares when he was on the other side of the river, and that I had never experienced that before.
She asked me if I had any warning that it might happen, and I assured her that I was as shocked as she was and that as f
