Perhaps the only thing that kept Athena from retaliating was her reflexive catching of the urns behind her, the first moment of<em>fear</em>to flash across her eyes.  Fleeting, however, as that faded as Alice again finished out what she had to say.  That seemed to be a typical response for her...<br/><br/>"If you're expecting me to be all smiles, rainbows, and sunshine now because of your little heartfelt confession I'm sorry to disappoint but shit isn't that simple." she said, that calm mask again overtaking her "You're getting over your uncle's murder rather well, great, good for you.  Hell, you might be over it already and that's just peachy.  Don't assume just because it's been<em>longer</em>for me that I should be behaving however the hell you<em>think</em>that<em>my wife</em>would want me to be acting."<br/><br/>She pushed the woman away, to a standing position, not bothering to cover her bared chest as she looked down at the younger woman.<br/><br/>"I ended up having to murder my wife to save my own life, and I watched my child die only to come back as an e-ghost who doesn't know who she really is nor who I am, and I'm reminded of that every day of the week when I deal with 'Minerva.'" she said, the calme a more... sincere one now "It's sad, it's terrible, but everything was working fine until I saw<em>you</em>lying on your bed yesterday for some damn reason that defies any semblance of logic I try to put forth towards it.  You who brought out a reminiscent passion yesterday I hadn't felt in ages in that dressing room, who today reminded me of every time we'd spar, only for it to devolve into wild lovemaking that would end in cuddling with my girl humming a song from her country that would soothe me and put me to sleep..."<br/><br/>She sighed, and visibly relaxed, then moved to the side and peeled off her shirt, since it was torn to hell anyway.<br/><br/>"Sorry about what happened to your uncle, but you have your way, I have mine, and mine<em>was</em>working." she said, moving to finish undressing, apparently one to sleep in the nude, and as this is the first time she's seen her naked, it becomes quite clear that it's not just her arms that are muscular; her whole body is built with rippling muscle, flawless chocolate skin overlaying it, and her ass especially was... well, so<em>very</em>tight, and her breasts real, perky, with perky ebony nipples "Sorry for waking you up; you can head on off to fox-boy and bed now."