[ Helios hunches a little bit more, biting his lip as he does so. Helios lets out a shaky sigh and shakes his head. ] It d-doesn't matter what you are. He's a g-god of chaos and destruction. P-pain and anguish are his m-main sources of power. I suspect he wanted to cause me as much as p-possible, by attacking people close to me. He p-probably thought you were one such person, and for that I'm sorry.

[ He was somewhat glad that Ginia and Giles weren't here to see him like that, or to be on the receiving end of Apep's hatred fueled wrath. ]