Anteros adored the affection his mother gave him, he loved giving affection but it always felt amazing to receive it. It didn't matter to him how he came to be, Aphrodite was his mother and always would be. The rest were just semantics.
He smiled when she stroked his cheek but the smile died slowly when she finished speaking. Home was always with Eros. With mother. But.. their world was now gone. He stayed silent as Eros talked to her and he let her reply to Eros first before he gently took her hand to make her hang back for a moment with him.
There was a profound sadness in his eyes as he softly asked the million dollar question, "What happened...?"