"Your mortal friend, who is Peitho's devoted plaything," Athena said, glancing meaningfully in the direction that Luna had disappeared, recalling again the way the young disciple had taken Hercules by the hand at her mistress's cue, and the sullen response it had drawn from Will. (In a curious way, her first, flippant guess had been right: it was about a girl.)
"You fight for the ordinary folk, wherever you see power being used to oppress and exploit. That is your story, and that is your choice, and I would not expect you to do otherwise." She held his gaze steadily. "But if you are contemplating defying a god, Will Scarlet, my advice to you is this: Know thy enemy."