Athena was out of breath when she got to the top of the hill and stood a moment resting, bent over slightly with her hands on her upper thighs. Then she straightened up, took the phone out of her belt and waved to Hephaestus.

A tinny voice came out of the device. "OK, stand back. I'm sending it through now."

Instantly a chisel appeared in the box.

"Wow!" said Athena.

"I take it that it arrived safely?"

"Yeah. Amazing! Wow!"

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