Page 194 of Styx

It was in that moment I felt it.

The full scale of what was to come.

Our world was about to change,

and how the old Titans handled

what came next would define

our entire future.

It Was Gaia Who Spoke

Our grandmother, with her forest hair

and her tired eyes, looked upon us and said,

‘Children and grandchildren,

this quarrel is misplaced.

As the oldest of you, we too

had to make room for the new Gods.

We handed so much of the realms

to our children as the next generation.

It is the duty of the old to make way for the new.

This is the greatest lesson you will ever learn.

Let go of your hubris

and allow new blood to rule.’

While her words were wise and keen

in her strategy to avoid conflict,

I could see that neither the Titans nor Zeus

and his brothers and sisters seemed

appeased in any way.

Gentle Atlas Raised His Voice Next

‘Child of Kronos, taking out the sins of

your father on the rest of divinity is the act

of a small and brutal immortal.’

Atlas’s voice was soft but with a hidden edge.

‘If you declare us unworthy of our realms,