"He wanted to be here, and you let him," she said, looking slowly at her daughter and trying to understand who she saw there. "The weather is still warm, yet you cared more for his comfort than my own today. This is my home," Demeter said, slamming her fist down suddenly on the bench. "I have made myself a shelter free from my brothers and you invited Hades into it to tell me you have been seeing him! That you're to have a child together! What do you want me to even say to you, Kore?" Her voice was raised, her tone hard. She wanted anger because it shielded her from the pain, at least a little.