The Queen's Heir
As the girl began to draw, her small hand moving carefully across the paper, Zeus walked to the center of the room and addressed the group of young students.
"When I was young," he said, his voice carrying clearly but softly, "I thought the greatest gift a god could give was power—the ability to shape the world, to make things happen, to command respect and fear. But looking at all of you here today, watching you create and share and learn from each other, I know I was wrong."
He knelt down so he could look them all in the eye, his large frame somehow not intimidating but comforting.
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