Athena. The face that name conjured was not that of his daughter's but it was closely related to his girl. If only the Titaness were here.
'I am, you idiot.' 'Inside me is not the same as by my side...' 'And whose fault is that?'
All that Iris told him boiled down to one single word. Nothing. That was what had happened in his absence and for some strange reason Zeus found it more amusing than disturbing. Maybe a little irritating but that was hardly of any importance right now.
A faint smile made it to his lips. "It was an inconvenient time to disappear," Zeus replied - which was probably his way of apologising. Or would have been if apologising were a habit of his.
"No fires to put out." Time to acclimatise. Very good. "Keep this private for the time being." A pause and then almost as an afterthought, "I need you to do one thing for me. Check on Caerus, see how he is doing."