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Interlude: The One Who Stacks Stones part 2

「It might be a bit inconvenient, but perhaps using formal language in front of the Stones would be wise. There’s no equality between you and them. Your merits are much greater, but those fanatical egalitarians won’t understand that.」

「I understand. I’ll comply.」

「The best I can do is turn people into stones and stones into people. Yet here I am, bound by myth and falling short of Prometheus. It’s infuriating.」

In Greek mythology, both Prometheus and Hermes are tricksters by nature, but their actions stand in stark contrast.

Prometheus deceived the gods, offering them bones while reserving meat for humans. When Hermes first obtained food, he offered it to the gods.

Prometheus created life, molding humans from clay.

Hermes, the god who turned the elderly into stones and later directed the survivors of the great flood to cast stones and create humans anew.

Prometheus, the transgressor, eternally bound to a mountaintop, enduring ceaseless punishment for his