It was funny how the LOST always seemed to wander HOME to her – but why would they not? She was a beacon of warmth. Quite literally. Though her long-gone name had been lost to the masses, washed away by a HISTORY rich with adventure and legend and romance and deceit, her fire kept burning. That same fire that had kept Greece on its feet. The fire that housed a world of hope. Hestia was a small sun, a walking flame that sought not to devour but to FEED, to NOURISH, to PROTECT.
She spent her days where the sun did not shine, reminding those who’d forgotten that it did still exist. That there was a whole universe out there that cared about them, even if it did not feel that way. It was FULFILLING in an age-old way. And Hestia had been around long enough that she could say that with complete certainty. Helping others was a timeless thing. She’d seen kingdoms rise, and countries fall, and terrible wars unravel, and through it all, she had been there to watch the humans push through. For JUSTICE, for FREEDOM, for the GOOD of the world. It could be a MONSTROUS place, but it could also be a BEAUTIFUL place.
Not that anyone cared to ask Hestia what she thought.
She did not mind. After countless millennia of sitting on an ellipsis, she’d stopped waiting for the permission to speak.
On this day, she carried an empty container with apple-pie crumbs at its bottom back to her car, whistling a bright melody under her breath. A hand-knit sweater fell to mid-thigh, keeping her vessel warm against the redundant chill. She paused at the reflection she spied through the trunk’s shiny rear. Shut it with a KNOWING smile. Hecate had always had such a way of sneaking up on her, something like shadows creeping across a moonlit floor ––– but Hestia had known her for too long to ever be caught off guard. They played this game too often.
“ It’s early. The witching hour is not until later, ” she teased.
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