Apollo's Task

I watched Apollo carefully.

I might have released him, but if he tried to take off again, I wouldn't be so merciful this time.

However, Apollo just eyed me warily before curling up to lick his wounds. And I began to wonder if he could be convinced in some other way.

|[No matter what you think about Ophelia or Typhon, the truth is you would've been much worse if it wasn't for them.]| I started to say. |[They taught you skills, kept you safe and kept you fed. Without them, you would have regressed to more…primitive instincts...which could still happen.]|

Apollo looked up from his wounds. [What do you mean?]

|[There are other serpents out there, who won't approve of our living situations.]| I ominously hissed.

[What? Other serpents?] Apollo asked confusedly.

I scoffed at him. |[Did you think we were the only ones?]| 

Apollo continued to look puzzled, so I decided to reveal a few more things.