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Chapter 3, section 6: who am I again?
“Let’s go get a drink sweetheart.”
Aphrodite kept her voice cheerful, but her brow was knit. Persephone felt the pressure of Aphrodite’s hand and saw that she was being propelled down a wide set of stone steps, across a stone platform and down another set of steps to a squat building. She couldn’t hear, and it [...]
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Chapter 3, section 5: Corcovado
“How magnificent... soft the water sparkles in the sunshine... tiny ribbons of beach... the moon must be beautiful from here... look how many islands there are!”
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Chapter 3, section 4: hanging up on Mother Nature
Demeter brought up the possible family gathering in Montréal again. No matter how unlikely the event, it was a distasteful topic, given that the gathering’s purpose was to raise her husband from the dead.
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CHAPTER 3, section 3: on the phone with Mother Nature
Some humans obviously enjoyed living like gods. In fact, some obviously lived better than gods. Their penthouse suite at the Copacabana Palace was more elaborately appointed than the living quarters on Mount Olympos.
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CHAPTER 3, section 2: Morro do leme
Experience had made everyone richer. No less eccentric or unmanageable, but more interesting, and more tolerant.
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Chapter 4, section 1: Dionysos in Paradise, Nova Scotia