She smiled again as she saw the quick compost of the magical tomato, and secretly couldn't wait to see what other strange things this camp held. She'd already seen a centaur and several other odd things, but she had a feeling the strangeness was just beginning. Still, when he said something about being unwanted or forgotten, Rosetta shrugged.<br/><br/>"If my mother is everything people say she is, then I don't know how she doesn't have a million little babies running around. I would assume that one night with my human father would have hardly left an impact on her, so the fact that I haven't heard anything probably means you're right. Either she doesn't know, or she doesn't care."<br/><br/>She sighed and didn't even realize that his powers were causing the roots to pull them a bit closer together.<br/><br/>"But I'm doing this for my dad...and hopefully to learn some things about myself and my heritage...even if she doesn't recognize me."<br/><br/>The words tasted bitter, though, and she felt like she had every right to be recognized.<br/><br/>"I have a feeling she'd like flowers more, so I might try that sometime."<br/><br/>It was this moment when she realized that he was stroking her cheek and leaning in closer. Immediately she wanted to run, as this kind of physical contact is what she had strove to avoid ever since she hit puberty. It wasn't just for them, either...once she was touched by someone she felt remotely attracted to, her own arousal could spike and lead her into bad decisions and poor judgment. However, he was a fellow demigod, and he seemed incredibly nice. If it had been that guy in the handcuffs from earlier, she might have just ignored him altogether in protection...but Phil seemed harmless enough...although not in a weak or young way.<br/><br/>Since her mother and Ares were in an everlasting affair, she'd been warned by her father to stay away from sons of Ares....and Phil was Demeter. That had to count for something, right? And beside, it was all innocent right now.<br/><br/>After all this rationalization, she smiled up at him and didn't move away. It wouldn't be long before dinner anyway, so a little flirting couldn't hurt. Her eyes met his and she could see him moving closer.