Descent
“…I told you so! After all, a mere dog could never compare with a face as radiant as I!”
“Apollo, stop insulting him.”
Finally, the idiot stopped singing praises to himself, a look of momentary confusion crossing his face… before a panicked expression quickly settled as he all but shook her violently–like a rattle, “Proserpina, is that mutt blackmailing you with something?! Blink twice if you need help!”
Completely done by this point, Proserpina firmly shoves the unwanted hands off of her shoulders as she stands up abruptly.
“Apollo,” the goddess of shadows drawls, her voice cold with a hard, dangerous edge on it as she looks at him dead in the eye, “…leave me alone.”