He stepped through the door and took a standing position at the high post of the foot of her bed, listening to her. "You've been acting... off, as of late, and I would like to know why. If it's because I haven't given you enough to do, I assure you, you'll have plenty of work. I'm simply tying a few strings around this current business with the Asmodeus deal." He set the bird down on her bed and she buried her head under her oily blue-black wing. He stood beside Calliope a moment before kneeling beside her chair.
"You have a depth of longing in you that I cannot help to fill. But I will try."