The Greek had given up trying to understand the mindset of the gods. They did things often without rhyme or reason, just whatever suited their purpose. Though he was willing to admit that not all gods were selfish and petty. As he read over Gaia's response, he was a bit impressed with the intelligence she seemed to be giving off. So she wasn't just a pretty face. She had brains to go with it. He nodded some in agreement with her statement, not knowing what else he could add to it. At least not now.
Thank you. I was. And I know my friend is finally resting in Paradise where he deserves to be he replied back. Reading the next bit she typed, he let out a soft laugh. Maybe so, but sometimes I have found that women are more devious and tricky to predict than men are when it comes to how to best me. Which was the truth. When he first met Xena, he hadn't really considered her a threat. Oh how wrong he had been. He should have really known that women could be just as if not more dangerous as men. Like Hera.
He read over what she wrote about growing up a Roman. While he noticed the slight hesitation, he said nothing on it. As she said, the time they came from was a man's world. It was a sad hard fact. That was why he believed a good deal of women tried to become Amazons. They were tired of the constant put downs and controlling from man.
I'm glad you were able to reconnect with your friend, though it does sound like you and other young women had a hard time growing up in such a male dominant society.