Rune closed his eyes and shook his head. â€œThe Atlantian pantheon was the first. They were here before the off shoot of the Norse, Greek and Egyptian pantheons. The Greekâ€™s are therefore a younger branch of deity. I will always refer to them as the younger ones. The Atlantian deities were powerful. Very powerful. They created a race of children with attributes of the gods yet the body of a human. The perfect race...in a way. Different from humans yet very similar. The Atlantians were a race called the children of the gods or Deaidosdo...in Atlantian. Their advancement in technology...their ability to adapt...their longer lifespans...these things made the Greek pantheon very jealous of Atlantis. They were jealous of the fact the Atlantians lived in harmony with their surroundings yet were no pushover when they needed to defend themselves. When the Atlantian pantheon took Atlantis into their watery breasts and left this world...the Greeks wanted to make sure that Atlantis would never see the light of day to the rest of the world. They wanted to keep that society from the rest of the world.â€ He said honestly. Fully answering her question about the Greek pantheon.<br/><br/>He had bit back an instinctive growl from his Leviathan when she screeched at him in anger. He had not accused without facts. He had proof that he had given her. Instead of replying in anger as she wanted to start over he forced himself to control his beast. A feat that was far from easy. His eyes turned pure silver to show his disliking of her schreeching at him in anger for stating facts. Still he bit his tongue. Forced himself to remember she was but a child of the modern world. She knew no better than to lash out without hearing all the facts. That was a flaw that mortals had...rashness and irrationalization. Yet it was also part of what made them so curious. The fact that you could not predict how a modern day person would react or act in any given scenario. In that aspect the Atlantians were lacking. They could be spontaneous but they rarely had moments of irrationality. It was their flaw...yet they made up for being more level headed in other aspects. Yet he found the ways of the modern mortal...endearing. Albeit it tended to also be annoying or irritating at the exact same time.<br/><br/>He listened to her as she said she would love to go public with an artifact of Atlantis. He would contemplate it and wait to see her response to his conditions. He believed her about the journal. â€œAny excavations led by the children of the modern world will end with a watery grave. I will not allow even the lands surrounding its final resting place to be excavated. I know if mortals feel close they will spread out and out until they find what they seek. Any excavations will end in my Leviathan form sinking their ship and leaving no one who can rebuild that team. It is why I was glad when they did not seek to go forward with excavating after the artifacts vanished. I found their ways...intriguing. I found their way of thinking intriguing.â€ He shook his head. â€œThose two children of the modern world whose ways and thinkings were intriguing I did not wish to destroy. So that was another reason why I made those artifacts vanish. If they could not excavate then I could let the intriguing mortals live. I could fulfill both my duty to protect Atlantis and the duty to protect the children of the modern world and the years to come. I am, however, somewhat sorry it has brought you sorrow.â€<br/><br/>He listened as she agreed to his conditions and then set her own. They were fair and it was his duty to protect Atlantis. Therefore he must agree to her conditions. However, he would now add one of his own to her final condition. He just stared at her silently until she was done speaking. â€œYou are a strange, strange youth of the modern world to wish to learn an ancient language that has been gone from this world longer than even Ancient Greek.â€ He paused for a moment. â€œI agree to your first two conditions. However, to your final condition I counter with a condition of my own.â€ He said. â€œIf you want me to teach you Atlantian as one of your conditions then you must teach me things as well. Otherwise I will not be able to agree to such a strange condition as it holds no barings to what your first two conditions pertain to. If you can agree to that condition than I will teach you to read, write, and speak Atlantian...fluently.â€ He said finally.<br/><br/>He pointed at himself. â€œMy Atlantian name is Runeciiro Vanilisk. I am often called Rune or Ru. My other name is Leviathan. For that is who I am. I am the Leviathan. The guardian of Atlantis. Told about in many stories and depicted even in Greek history. Hidden but it is there.â€ He was still staring at her hand. What in Hades did she want him to do with that. He extended his hand in a copying sort of way. A perplexed expression on his face. He wasnâ€™t sure what they were supposed to do or why they were sticking their hands out. He looked up at her. â€œAm I doing whatever this strange gesture is right? What exactly am I supposed to do with your hand. Until the book was opened and translated I have not truly been awake. Only to protect Atlantis have I been aware. I have not had the liberaty of studying the modern world. I am not certain what you expect me to do with your hand.â€ He looked at his hand again. â€œWhatever it is...I have agreed to your conditions but to get your final condition you must agree to my condition.â€ He said with a look at her. â€œSo now in order to uphold our deal you are now under the protection of Atlantis. You are now guarded by the Leviathan until such time as the journal is returned to me.â€ Of course this meant heâ€™d be protecting her even from the fates but wasnâ€™t like the gods were paying attention to them right now anyways.<br/><br/>He suddenly faded out and a small version of his guardian form was in his place. He began swirling in circlular motions horrizontally as he swirled his way slowly to the ground then swirled his way back up. There was lying the weapons, the vase, the glass flowers, and the few artifacts that had been in the chest such as jewelry. He reappeared as his Atlantian form beside it. â€œThis is a gesture of my sincerity in this matter. The artifacts I took for your grandfather, your father, and you.â€ He then fell silent.