Apollo sounded exhausted and now Erato was saying she was shattered. So here was something he could do. "I'll get you somewhere safe," he promised Erato, as she looked at him. "You tell me where to drive and I'll get you there," he said, this time to Apollo. "You stay back here with her."
He slipped into the front seat and started the car up, headed away from this dreadful place and back home to the city where Erato belonged.