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It wasn't her mercy here that resonated inside him, in some silent way she had prevented him from being closed into a darkness that terrified him. That hole that Poseidon had near shoved him into would have been the bane of his sanity. It would have taken days, weeks even to kill him. The solace of that black hole would have been complete torture. Poseidon knew that.
He gave her a curt nod, stepping aside from the car to walk around. It would be a long hike, but the open air was something he'd never been so ecstatic to have as he did at that moment. He started ahead not once looming over her like a shadow.