Was it the utter truth behind my words or the fact my powerful persona backed me that made the master of Rome retreat from his aggressive demands? I suppose I'll never know and, frankly, was learning not to care what the others thought or how they saw me. Or even if they had opinions of their own when it came to my business. My business.

Might I interject? So the other Pantheons were listening, were they? The fact Odin, the Allfather of the Norse realm spoke in a mild ...