Athena was awakened by a terrible screeching noise and started up in terror before she realised it was the baby bird. She was so fuddled by sleep it took her a moment to pull herself together sufficiently to remember where the food was and how to administer it. She cradled the baby and fed it a gobbet of meat, terrified that she would poke it too hard or too far into its beak or, worse still, poke it in the eye and blind it. She was just reaching for another piece when Demeter rushed ...