Persephone would make this up to her husband later, but for now they had to take care of Makaria.
"Of course someone will love you, Makaria. But you want it to be the right kind of love. I love your father, I do. But during the part of the year when I am with my mother, I am terrified of him. And-" She took a deep breath. "I am sorry, my darling," she said to him, "if you want to go I understand. Makaria when Hades first took me I hated him for what he had done. I wanted to leave so badly and then he tricked me into eating the pomegranate so I couldn't. Imagine, my darling, being faced with the idea that you can never see us again."
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"Of course someone will love you, Makaria. But you want it to be the right kind of love. I love your father, I do. But during the part of the year when I am with my mother, I am terrified of him. And-" She took a deep breath. "I am sorry, my darling," she said to him, "if you want to go I understand. Makaria when Hades first took me I hated him for what he had done. I wanted to leave so badly and then he tricked me into eating the pomegranate so I couldn't. Imagine, my darling, being faced with the idea that you can never see us again."