Re: Zale
Demeter rested her free hand against her son's cheek in a reassuring gesture and nodded with a small smile. "I am," she said. "And I promise that I'll never disappear like that again. I'll make sure you know exactly where I am at all times." The tears began to spring up again, but she rubbed them away as quickly as she could. "I am so sorry I left you the way I did. I didn't mean to be gone for so long, but... but..." She hesitated, uncertain, not knowing how much Persephone or Hades had told her son regarding what led to her extended absence.