He sounded earnest. All that stuff about brotherhood and guiding boys into manhood and community? He sounded like he meant it. But Apollo always sounded like he meant what he said, was the problem. Even when what he was saying was a bald-faced lie, like 'I'm your brother'.
It did kinda square with the whole protector-of-the-young thing, she admitted reluctantly. That was part of Apollo's deal: looking after adolescent boys, overseeing their passage into adulthood. (You know, unless their mom mouthed off, and then he'd kill them to punish her, like with the story of Niobe. Or – ugh – unless their cousin asked one too many questions, and then he'd curse the guy to teach him a lesson yeah okay maybe that all did track.)
"Still feels kinda like some Twilight vampire shit," Rosario said dubiously.