"A Girl's Night Out"<br/><br/>As 'Dion the Lounge Owner' he was fairly mellow and forgiving.  As 'Dionysus, the God of Wine and Madness', he was not nearly so.<br/><br/>Dionysus cooly addressed the young goddess, much as he had Apollo, "You are my guest and enjoying my protection, but you should know that I can revoke that status and throw you out if you make a grave enough offense to me or my other guests."<br/><br/>He paused briefly and then continued, "Gods' relationships with their parents are often difficult and even sometimes bloody among the sons.  You don't look like spent years in a Titan's belly so you need to talk respectfully about your father.  And as someone whose lived in her father's kingdom for all the mere years of her life, you know The Kindly Ones are very keen on going after children that betray their parents and it doesn't have to be murder.  Then you have the temerity to tell the God of Wine and Madness that you know about wine and other intoxicants more than you care to know.  Would you also tell Eros that you know enough about love or tell the gorgons that you know enough about statues?"<br/><br/>Maybe Hades had talked with her like this, maybe not.  Was he getting through to her?<br/><br/>"That said," Dionysus continued, "I can see why my uncle kept you in the underworld as long as...."  The reality of the situation dawned on Dion right then and he gave himself a facepalm.  Dion then asked "He doesn't know that you're here, does he?"<br/><br/>Dion took a calming breath.  "You're still my guest, Kairós.  But I will strongly advise you to take that elevator back home.  If you stay, then you need to be on your best behavior and you need to stay on the property or else you'll be fair game for a god like Apollo or some monster with a glamour on the street."  Even with his glamour raised, he gave the young goddess a stare that any mere mortal would have recognized as 'god-like'.<br/><br/>(To Be Continued)