Oh, wasn't he just a darling. Yet again, she had to wonder how some of the more vigorous members of the pantheon did not chew him up and spit him out. It was why Hera had long ago made it quietly clear that he had her favor. Unlike Hedylogos, she did not shy away from violence when it was necessary.
But that was obviously not the direction to take this conversation tonight.
"So no spanking?" she teased, her voice light enough to give him the clue that she was not at all serious. "Well, perhaps a drink will have to suffice then. You can buy a girl a drink, can't you officer?"