"And I will go to prison again, who knows when. And be shipped off to war again. I will be the aristocrat who throws in my lot with the common man and turn up my nose at those who lord it above me. I might not be a god but I have a backstory." Will shrugged, swirling the straw in his glass. "I know the whys and wherefores. I will never like it that some of us immortals get careless about human lives, and that is a choice inherent in me and that I am responsible for owning. I'm here tonight for my mortal friend, not because Peitho has found me to be an amusing diversion."
Athena was interesting, though, intelligent and insightful, but then what else would you expect? He liked her.