She was utterly exhausted. Over the past ten years, Prometheus had used scraps from his creations to shape various animal forms for her: starting with small ones like butterflies and kingfishers, then moving on to rabbits and foxes, and eventually to tigers, lions, and even mythical beasts.

At first, Hebe struggled to accurately depict the life force, and later, even when she managed to outline the life network, she had trouble controlling the infusion of divine power. ...