We, Athena said. Much was used to speaking of 'we' rather than 'I' when he was talking about the Merry Men, but it struck him as significant that Athena was doing it too. She could have said 'you'. She didn't.
Her use of the word made him want to believe it, that yes, he was part of a we and that we included Athena, just as the we lately had grown to include Francis and Nerd and Fairy Tales and a couple of the Muses. Why not Athena too?
"How do we do that?" He asked, letting the bar take his weight on his elbows. "We already outnumber him..."