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It was only when my uncles
and aunts began to create
their own progeny
that my parents thought
to make me brothers
and sisters.
It was only when they met
their nieces and nephews
that they realized
they had made
a terrible mistake
with me.
I Was the First of My Kind
The children of Gods
were meant to be Gods.
This law was established
by Kronos in the infancy of his rule,
a reign that was born
after my own birth.
Other than my strange appearance,
I had shown no powers
all through my childhood.
No one knew then
that the way to bless
children with divine powers
was to determine their gifts
from the moment they were born.
It was Kronos who created
the ritual of blessing our children.
It was under his decree
