"Mhm. I'll... go find Nyx, I guess. Good luck."

"Thank you."

So he makes his way towards the little balcony that watches over the Styx but then notices the shade of Achilles standing at the hallway and stops to say, "Achilles, sir, please do not let me forget to talk to you in a bit, I had something I think would be of interest to you to say."

"Hm? All right, lad. Congratulations on how far you got, while I'm thinking about it. I'm proud of you."

...well now he's all warm and fuzzy. "Thank you, sir. It means a lot."

Then he turns around and resumes his trek to his potential future lover.

His potential future lover is standing at his usual spot, arms folded, feet on the floor rather than floating. He gives no indication that he notices Zagreus's arrival, but Zag knows he did.

"Hey, Than."

"Hello, Zag."

"How was it with Yvette today?"

"Fine."

"Few words today, huh?"

"Are you going to say what you came to say, Zag?"

"You mean I can't have just come to enjoy one of our nice if unreasonably short little chats?"

"You can, but you didn't."

Zag grins and takes a couple more steps towards the balcony to look down at the river, too, folding his arms behind his back.

"Well, out with it, then, I don't have all day."

"And yet here you are, waiting."

"I can go away if that will make you happy."

"It won't. Hey Than, what do you feel about me?"

"I feel like you are a selfish, insufferable prick who has far too much fun with your words."

"Mmhm. Selfish. Was that because..."

"You know why."

"Hey, Than?"

Thanatos huffs and turns around to glare at Zagreus, arms still folded. "Yes, Zag?"

Zagreus returns the gesture, turning on his heel to also face Thanatos. "I like you."

...yeah. Yeah he does. He's right. He wasn't sure before he said it but... yeah.

"Well, that's obvious, isn't it? Why would you be pestering me so much, I'm pretty sure you're more used to stabbing people you don't like than just annoying them to death."