"A Royal Temptation it is, then." Anansi nodded. It sounded interesting, and he was in the mood for new things.
She was not Greek. That was a big clue for him. She might be Irish, but not with a name like Hel, he was pretty sure. Those Celts had multi-syllable names with double consonants. There were a few others, but he was going to go with his first instinct.
"I think that you might be Norse. As for me, Nubian is very good, yes. Close."
It was nice to be sitting somewhere with somebody who wasn't Greek. Perhaps she had managed to stay out of the recent drama and he'd get some actual conversation from her.