-How long do you think she can hold out?- Bast asked her fellow captive goddess when Morpheus had left them.
“As long as a dream, less than a nightmare,” Enyo told her in a voice that only Bast and Lucifer were apparently capable of hearing.
-How long would your little spell take?-
“No longer than a breath, as long as the fall of a drop of blood.”
-I like a good blood sacrifice as the next goddess, Kali, but seriously, don’t you take it a little far?-
“Your kind eat your kittens,” Enyo pointed out.
-Only when they’re dead,- Bast snarled, her long tail fluffing up slightly.
“Or when they don’t belong to you,” Enyo reminded her.
The two deities looked at each other in silence for a minute or two, and then Enyo affected a small, shrug.
“Would you have let me drain Morpheus’Dreamer, if it meant freedom?”
-Of course,- Bast said, -she is not my Dreamer, I feel nothing but minor amity for her-
“It can still be done, Cat-Queen, if I were to drain the Dreamer and her Morpheus I could – ”
-Absolutely not!- Bast hissed, -You’re disgusting for even thinking it!-
Enyo’s eyes flashed into a brilliant gold, her hair flared from its dark curls into brilliant reds and oranges.
“I am what I am, little kitten, and I was here before you. Yama and Thanatos pay tribute to me, Di Yu grovels at my feet, Osiris came before me for new life when Isis sewed his pieces together. Every single entity of death, destruction, and rebirth answers to me. Do not presume to teach me of morality. ”
-And yet you are here, bound by a minor deity,- Bast countered slyly.
“He has the Chains of Lilith.”
-He does?- Bast asked, startled.
“Yes, he does.”
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