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.42.
Lilly alerts to the feeling of electricity crackling over her skin; along with the distinct shift the air around her once more. The new sensation put her at high alert. It had been over an hour since the angel had absconded Mae, and it had left her feeling sick and guilty. She knew, just fucking knew she should have called someone, but she had promised her gods a safe, hunter free environment. It had been a huge risk on her part and she was kicking herself. She was just getting used to the idea of having her gods around; she didn't realize that Dean's angel was going to be stopping by for erratic visits. How the fuck was she supposed to plan for that? Not to mention the fucking shade the damn thing was throwing at her. She had the stupid fucking amulet. She could still feel it's burn, albeit slighter, through the lacquer. What the fuck did she do to piss the damn thing off? Sure she had chucked a spatula at it, but it had just literally popped in unannounced and kidnapped her sister. Her gods were going to be here in another hour to meet her absentee sister, and she was close to vomiting. It had just snow balled so utterly out of control, and she really had no idea of what to do.
Lilly jumps as the back door opens and Mae walks in.
"Oh thank gods!" Lilly shouts as she jumps on her sister and hugs her tightly. "Where's the fuck did he take you? Are you okay?!" Lilly demands as her hands run over her sister's body feeling for injury even as her eyes scanned her quickly for damage. Her heart pounding hard against her chest in fear that something had happened when she feels how clammy Mae's skin feels. She can't help but put the back of her hand on Mae's forehead to check her temperature, her heart sinking when she feels cold to the touch.
"I'm really okay Lilly. I promise. I'm just, motion sick? I guess that's the best way to describe it." Mae smiles at Lilly, finding it absurd all over again that anyone could possibly think Lilly would hurt her. Threaten her with salt now, that was another matter entirely.
Lilly bites back her disappointed sigh. "Fuck it! I'm canceling. This was obviously a mistake." She states as she pulls Mae to the table and pushes her into a chair, turning on her heel to go retrieve the first aid kit.
"No no no no no, I'm okay. Healed from my stupid cut and everything. You can't cancel this, you've put some much work into it. Let me finish up the strawberry roses and drizzle the chocolate over it. I'll be good as new in a few minutes."
Lilly scoffs as she stands up, first aid kit in hand. "That ain't happening honey." She sighs as she walks back over and sets the tackle box down on the table, and pulls it open. "Yer ass ain't never gotten motion sick before. I'm not risking your health over this." She continues as she pulls out several containers.
"I've also never flown Air Angel before. It wasn't too unsettling when he just took me out to the garden, but then he took me to Dean in Pennsylvania, Dean is adorable in Lederhosen by the way, and then Dean made Castiel bring me home. I promise, it'll pass. Motion sickness or something." Mae explains, trying to wave Lilly's concern off as she visually searches for her pile of strawberries and the knife.
Lilly couldn't help the blood that rushed from her face as she paled at Mae's words and the implications that came with it. Did the Winchester's know she had set up a dinner date with her gods? Did the angel know? What was going to happen when they found out? Was it healthy for a human to travel angel style? When she was apparated via Loki, Thoth, and Maat it had never affected her health so poorly. The thought made her frown. She knew they were all saying angel, but were they really that positive that's what Castiel was? Dean had made a great point, and if neither the Winchester's or Bobby had ever heard of Angels… Well what the fuck just disappeared with her sister for well over an hour? Was she supposed to check Mae for possession or an imposter or something? Fuck?! What the hell was she supposed to do in this situation? Her eyes darted over her the materials on the table as she questioned herself, she would need to add more precautions for this type of thing in the future. Her eyes land on the smelling salts and without a fuck to give about the consequences she grabs the small container.
"Shouldn't we just get back to dinner. You really shouldn't cancel just because I didn't know I was praying. Sorry about that by the way. Did not know it would summon an angel."
"Ow." Lilly curses as she breaks the container in her hand, feigning a wince as she shakes out her hand the salt crystals flying all over the table.
Mae's eyes widen in horror. "Lilly! Why?" She cries as she brushes her hands along the surface, gathering the salt up in front of her.
"Fuck! Sorry Mae!" Lilly quickly apologizes, as she steps back and watches her sister suspiciously.
"I'm sorry I ruined your dinner. I really didn't mean too." Mae says sadly, tears forming in her eyes as she manipulates the salt crystals into a line. Tearing her eyes away from the slight pile she looks up to Lilly. "I'm sorry." Tears of frustration run down her cheeks as she turns back to the pile, one finger pressing into the line to slowly drag a crystal from one side of the table to the other.
Lilly can't help the sigh of relief at Mae's instant reaction. "Thank gods." She mumbles as she pulls her hand through her hair. No one could possibly know about Mae's reaction to salt. It was a tightlipped secret. It was a superstition that River had made an all but OCD compulsion in her daughter, and she herself had only found out about it while rough housing. It was rare nowadays that any salt and sugar containers were left out; let alone put in breakable jars. "Sorry Harps, I swear I'm not mad."
"Then why are you making me count salt? You only do this when you're mad."
"One, I'm not making you do anything. Two, I needed confirmation it was you. Three I don't just do it when I'm mad, I do it to make points. This is a point." Lilly deadpans as she wipes at her eyes.
"You know what I mean and you can find some other way to make your stupid points, I hate when you do this." Mae glares at her, still counting the salt in front of her. "And why? I didn't ask Castiel to whisk me to Dean."
"Yeah well better safe than remiss." Lilly counters with a shrug as she starts pulling out hand stuffed pills, racing to the fridge to grab Mae's water bottle before returning to her. "Here. Open your mouth." She says with pills in hand.
Mae glares but opens her mouth so Lilly can pop the pills in and takes a gulp of the offered water.
"There ya go." Lilly comments with a soft pat to her head. "That should help with the nausea at least." She shrugs as she pulls out a seat and plops down.
"Thanks." Mae mumbles, still steadily pushing one grain of salt at a time to join the counted pile. "I'm glad you use sea salt to make these, at least they're bigger."
"Hey, I aim ta please." Lilly shrugs.
"This is so stupid. I hate salt." She seeths.
"I know, sorry Mae. Today certainly didn't turn it like I thought it would either..." Lilly sighs, as she watches Mae count salt with concern. How rude is it to cancel dinner on gods. "Lord Thoth? Lady Maat? Can you hear me, there was a very unignorable kink with our dinner plans… I think it would be best to reschedule."
"Oh no, as soon as I'm done with this, I'm finishing that damn cake and we're hosting a dinner. We can talk about this, and deal with this later." Mae makes a noise of frustration as she starts counting quicker.
"There isn't anything to talk about. The angel popped in unannounced and popped you over to Dean. I promised my Gods this affair would be Winchester free. I can't do this tonight." Lilly sighs as she looks to Mae in concern. "Not to mention the fact you're still pale and swaying where ya count... Perhaps inter-state adventure with the 'angel' should be stricken from any further travel plans."
With a triumphant screech Mae pushes back away from the table and turns her back on the salt. "One hundred fifty-eight. Fuck salt." She crosses her arms in front of her chest as she heads over to the cake she had been working on.
"No you don't. Stop. You're not even feeling well. Sit." Lilly snaps at Mae, as she wipes the line of salt from the table into her palm. "It's gone."
Mae turns on her heel to watch Lilly. "I don't want to be the reason you don't get to do this. You've been so excited, and happy-"
"You're not the reason, don't worry about it. I obviously just didn't think this through." Lilly corrects softly as she stands, and walks over to the trash to dispose of the offending salt. "Seriously. Don't push yourself Mae, you look like shit."
"I'm fine. I don't even feel that sick anymore. Watch." Mae grabs a strawberry and pops it in her mouth. "Able to eat and everything. How can we save this?"
Lilly looks at Mae completely unamused. "It ain't gonna be cute when you vomit over everything, just to prove a point."
Mae just rolls her eyes before she sits back in her vacated seat. "Better?"
"Loads." Lilly rolls her eyes. "Look, I'm not gonna lie and say it's no big deal, but I think I'd rather air on the side of caution with this. The last couple hours have been hectic, maybe I should just take this as a lesson and try again later." She admits as she walks to Mae and puts a hand on her shoulder, squeezing it gently.
Mae looks down at her lap, twisting her fingers together. "I was just nervous. I didn't know he could hear like, mental prayers. I also didn't know I could even summon him."
"I know it wasn't intentional Mae, no big." Lilly sighs as she leans over and places a kiss in Mae's hair. She did know that, it didn't stop her disappointment or fear of rejection from her gods; but she had already failed Mae once tonight, she wasn't going to keep trudging through. It was obvious to her the fates seemed to be working against her tonight and though she usually had no problem telling them to fuck off; this was about her sister. She hadn't even called anyone for advice. She had ended up having a panic attack in the middle of the dishes, stuck between a rock and a hard place, and she hated feeling this torn. She personally didn't trust the angel; but the hunters didn't seem that perturbed by him and besides Mae's obvious illness, she wasn't voicing any concerns either. She dragged a hand through her hair lost at how to proceed.
"I just, he was so nice and also weird, and his emotions felt nice but he was so adamant about this place not being safe. It was so confusing Lilly. And then he kept asking if Dean knew we were hanging out and he just kept talking about Dean. Oh my god, I tried to comfort him, is that disrespectful? Did I disrespect an angel?" Mae looks back up to Lilly, her eyes wide in near panic.
Lilly's eyes narrow as she tilts her head in contemplation. "Odd. Why would Mystic not be safe? Does it know something we don't?"
Mae blinks. "He's uh… He was worried about your souls overpowering you or something. It kinda sounded like he thought you were a bomb."
"It's always fucking something." Lilly grumbles with an eyeroll, thoroughly irritated as she pulled out several strands of hair as she shoved her hand through her hair.
Mae nods. "He wouldn't just let me come back in, he took me to Dean. Who was in the middle of a hunt and did not appreciate the interruption." He had appreciated being released from the table, but definitely not her nervous laughter at his costume.
"Right. Of course not." Lilly huffs, as she rubs her temples roughly. She was sure this headache was just from the stress this time, but it still made her suspicious as she grabbed a bottle off the table and knocked back several of the hand-filled pills, and swallows.
Mae watches her sadly. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Lilly shrugs as she starts putting the supplies away, noting anything that need to be refilled for later. Though if what had conspired since her return was going to become constant, she was going to need a much more thorough kit. Her eyes darting to the clock noting it was five to seven with a pit drop. She really hoped the gods had heard her, but she would just have to deal with it then.
Mae lets her head fall to the table. "I'm sorry." She says miserably, the table muffling her small voice. She wasn't going to wind this. All of Lilly's hard work was going to be wasted.
Lilly sighs as she buries her fingers into Mae's hair and massages her scalp gently. "Don't worry about it Harps, this ain't on you." And it wasn't. This had been her shitty idea in the first place. The hunters all seemed way more accepting of the 'Angel' than they did her Gods. Was her judgement of their characters not good enough… Or did the hunter's just not trust her judgement at all? She hung her head at that, unable to contain her disappointment and hurt at the epiphany.
"I hear dinner plans have changed."
Lilly looks up, alarmed that she hadn't noticed the presence of her gods in the slightest, as she slid her fingers from Mae's hair and stood. "My lady, sorry." She greets with a slight bow. "I do apologize but I hadn't expected the… Events that played out tonight."
Mae hesitantly pulls her head from the table and looks over to two of the most beautiful people she'd ever seen. Maat and Thoth were standing arm in arm in their kitchen, and Lilly was bowing to them and she didn't know if she should. She sat in her seat, frozen with indecision, still looking at the two perfect gods.
"No matter, we can change the venue easily enough." Maat assures her dismissively.
Lilly's eyes look over to Mae in concern. Her last trip hadn't done her well, and she wasn't sure if it was the supposed angels form of traveling, or just being appreciated in general that had completely fucked with Mae's equilibrium, and wasn't sure either of them were up to finding out.
Maat turns her head from Lilly to look Mae over. "I presume this is Mae then? It's very wonderful to meet you, and I'm sure we all have much to talk about."
A blush sweeps over Lilly's face and burns brightly in embarrassment for her obvious lack of manners. "Sorry, Mae, this is my Lady Maat and Lord Thoth." She quickly spits out awkwardly. "Lady Maat, Lord Thoth, this is my sister Mae."
Mae quickly stands from her seat. "Oh, yes. Lilly has talked about her gods for forever, and it's so nice to finally meet you."
"From what I understand it was mostly via using our names as curses, though." Thoth deadpans, amused by the entire situation.
"Uhhhh.." Mae looks from the couple to Lilly, completely lost as to what to say. She couldn't argue something that was so true. She didn't even want to try, no two people should be that beautiful; her fingers itched to sketch them or paint them.
"But only when you were relevant to the situation at hand." Lilly chuckles awkwardly. "She knows what dominions you reign over, and you're tenets my lady." She attempts recover.
Mae joins the awkward chuckle. "That is true." She practically had the tenants memorized at this point, Lilly recited them every time she broke one; followed by the admission that she was going to get eaten by a giant snake.
Maat lets out a small chuckle as she turns her gaze back to Lilly. "I see."
Lilly curses as she looks to Mae in concern. She had been hoping not to freak her out more, and opted to not tell Mae of Maat's mind reading, but she was beginning to think that may have been a mistake; gods-Well Maat only knew what the hell her sister had just thought. "Yep." Lilly smiles pleasantly.
"Are we ready to go then?" Thoth asks dryly.
"Um, yeah, she just got airmailed via the maybe angel and didn't take to it so well… And our house is not… Castiel proof." Lilly shifts with discomfort, not sure how to cancel with the two of them already here, politely.
"We understand Lilly. We can talk about it in our home. It is far more difficult to be interrupted there." Maat smiles and holds one hand out, palm up in invitation.
Lilly bites her lip and looks to her sister in concern, before she nods. At the very least she'd know if it was just the 'angels' way of transportation or an overall effect of the celestials way of traveling. "Right." She smiles before she nudges Mae towards Maat, watching as Mae took the offered hand with a hesitant smile.
"Then let's go." Thoth instructs, waving his hand as all the dishes Lilly had prepared disappears. He too holds his hand out, palm up, in a more hesitant invitation. Lilly just smiles as she takes his hand, choosing to view the next couple of hours as a personal challenge.
.43.
Mae blinks and finds herself in one of the most beautiful places she's ever seen. It was like stepping into ancient Egypt, but somewhat more modern. She would have loved to get a better look at all the bright colors that offset the more modern furniture, but the room was spinning. Her hand automatically tightens in Maat's as she tries to hide the dizziness and how her stomach was turning. This was worse than traveling with Castiel. That weird sense of loss wasn't disappearing. She startles when she feels an arm slide behind her shoulders and turns to see Maat's compassion filled eyes looking her over. Maat's emotions brush up against her like the thrum of orchestral percussions; not loud and overbearing. It was soft, but strong.
"Are you up for this Mae?" Maat asks the girl softly.
Mae nods automatically. This night was so important to Lilly, and she'd already almost messed it up with her stupid accidental nervous calling of Castiel. She could figure this out later. "I just get dizzy with the travel I guess."
Maat gives her a genuinely grateful smile. "I am glad Lilly found you." She whispers before she turns to look at Thoth and Lilly who had just appeared to their left.
"Welcome to our home. I'm sorry it didn't quite play out the way you wished Lilly." Maat smiles softly as she looks to Lilly.
"It's okay, I can roll with things." Lilly smiles before sheepishly adding "Still, sorry about the change. I just wasn't expecting an angel to show up in our kitchen." Lilly sighs. "Thank you for inviting us to your home, it's absolutely beautiful." She continues fist over her heart head bowed.
"How would you know, you haven't even looked up." Thoth questions the girl who still wouldn't look at him.
"Yeah, but this mosaic floor is just gorgeous, and wonderfully crafted. It's so clean too, it's just- The grout is so white. It's just so amazing. Whattaya use for that, bleach gel? Oh, wait no! Do you guys use magic to clean is that a thing?! Can I do that thing?! I wanna clean like this!" Lilly immediately quips back, oblivious to the passive aggressive reprimand, as she turned to look at him excitement bright in her eyes. She would clean everything, and it would be amazing. Her mind immediately jumping to Khonsu's oil changes.
"We're gods of order, what were you expecting?" Thoth raises an eyebrow at her sudden shift and gleam in her eyes as the corners of his lips twitch. "And of course you could learn to use certain rituals that may be beneficial in your fanatical cleaning."
Maat lets out a giggle. "And we'd be happy to start teaching you new rituals, but we should enjoy this conversation over dinner." She turns with Mae still firmly held to her side, indicating the direction to the dining room.
"Right." Lilly chirps, grimacing slightly when she realized how excited she had gotten, a blush blazing across her features as she dropped her eyes embarrassed; before she looks up and proceeds to the dining room with a sheepish smile.
"That's all you need, a cleaning ritual." Mae remarks smartly with an eye roll as she follows Lilly, determined to make it to the table without falling over. The thought of Lilly adding a ritual to her already insane cleaning made her shudder a little… How long would it take before Lilly started using it on her? Images of her coming in from the garden covered in mud with Lilly bearing down on her, waving a wand entered her head and she couldn't help the chuckle.
Maat laughs out loud as she shakes her head looking down at Mae with an amused smile on her face. "Perhaps we can forgo that one for later then…" She whispers to Mae with a conspiratorial smile.
They enter a large dining room where all the dishes Lilly had prepared were spread out on the table. Mae tilts her head to the side; Lilly hadn't finished getting everything plated and yet everything was out and presented just as nicely as if she had.
Lilly looks around at the art on the walls with a raised eyebrow. Were they seriously rocking a straight up Rembrandt in their dining hall? What the fuck was she doing? How the fuck was Mae not losing her mind over this?
Maat shakes her head as she helps Mae into a seat and takes her own, giving Thoth a meaningful stare.
With a sigh, Thoth pulls out the chair opposite of Mae. "Are you planning to stare at the walls or eat? I've been waiting all day for what was promised to be an epic meal."
Lilly snaps to attention and rushes over to the table. "Right. Sorry." She blushes as she plops into the seat next to Mae.
"Thoth, stop being so rude to our guests. Sorry girls, he's cranky when he's hungry." Maat explains with a smile.
Thoth gives Maat a small smirk before he takes his seat, and happily begins adding food to his plate.
.44.
"You are not as annoying as I thought you would be." Thoth states his chin resting on his hand with his elbow rudely leaning on the table. Luckily the dinner dishes already vanished from the table.
Mae just blinks for a moment, wondering what the appropriate response to that would be. "Uh, Thank you?"
Lilly covers her smile with her palm, happy her god was being so sweet to Mae.
"You can drop your attitude with these two." Maat informs him, very aware that he was no longer fooling Lilly. "Manners Thoth." She glares.
"I happen to enjoy my attitude thank you." Thoth counters as he blinks at Mae.
"Did Thoth grant you a piece of his attitude?" Mae asks as she turned to look at Lilly..
"Mae!" Lilly squeaks embarrassed.
"Maybe I did. I think I'm pretty awesome." Thoth smirks.
"Oh my god… He did… Lilly you have the confidence of a god. That's not even fair." Mae mock pouts. Eating had helped earlier, but she still had the strange feeling that something was missing and whatever it was, it was draining her.
Maat and Mae can't help but laugh, at Lilly's look of indignation.
"Hopefully, I'm a bit more humble than Thoth." Lilly can't help but defend herself.
"Maybe, on your best days." Mae teases, feeling more comfortable now that the initial awkwardness was over.
"The difference is, thankfully, Lilly's is usually only a front. You don't have that excuse, you're just an ass." Maat adds with a polite smile.
Thoth raises his wine glass in Maat's direction, tipping it towards her slightly before he takes a sip. "How well my beautiful, loving and forgiving wife knows me."
Lilly can't help the chortle that leaves escapes her lips at Thoth's response. Her hands coming up quickly to cover her mouth.
Mae leans back in her seat with a smile. Despite feeling like she could pass out or throw up, she had made it through the whole dinner, which had been great and Lilly looked happier than she had seen her in a long time. This had gone surprisingly different than she had expected, which was strange because she hadn't really known what to expect to begin with. It was odd, this kind of reminded her of the family dinners they used to share with her parents.
"Real ladylike Lilly." Thoth comments snidely.
Or maybe it was more like eating with Bobby? Or maybe even last christmas when everyone came together. Mae wasn't sure. Thoth was hilarious though, and Maat stern, but also very sweet. She could see why Lilly worshipped these two; why she had loved them so quickly after their first meeting. They were so oddly human it was almost crazy to think they were gods. Certainly more human than the angel had been.
"I do my best." Lilly shrugs with a unrepentant grin.
Maat shakes her head at the two pretending to glare daggers at each other. "Are you two finished?"
"Yes, dear." Thoth apologizes blandly.
"He started it." Lilly pouts.
"Liar." Thoth accuses.
"I would never… " Lilly comments her hand over her chest feining offence. "At least not in front of Maat." She quickly amends.
Maat raises her eyebrow and pins Lilly with a mock stern look. "Is that so?"
"Lilly, don't answer that, because you're going to lie." Mae quickly warns. Maat had set the perfect trap for Lilly, and if she remembered correctly, lying was a sin in this pantheon.
"So." Lilly claps. "About Mae, running theory is psychic." She continues as she looks around the table, heeding Mae's advice.
"Wrong." Thoth dismisses with a bored flick of one hand.
"Really, that quickly?" Lilly asks with a quirked brow.
"But… I liked that idea. It was so open and shut, with a pretty bow on top that Sam and Dean can accept." Mae pouts.
"But it's wrapped around the wrong box. That one's a psychic, she can have that wrapping. Your's is much more… Unique."
Both girls immediately grimace. "That doesn't bode well." They worry in tandem.
Maat chuckles. "Oh? Why not?"
Mae and Lilly look to each other for a moment. "Uhh…"
"You are worried about the Winchesters?" Maat questions.
"Little bit." Lilly comments as she pulled her hand through her hair.
Mae just slowly nods in agreement. It wasn't like she thought the guys would kill them, but she definitely shared Lilly's fear of being abandoned by them.
"Look Maat, we didn't have to worry. She does have self preservation after all. All that concern for nothing." Thoth smirks as he looks at the two girls in amusement.
"I would feel better if she displayed self preservation for the right things." Maat chides before she turns to the girls.
"Like throwing whisks at angels and punching gods?" Mae asks quietly, hoping that those were the worst of Lilly's lack of self preservation moments. "Oh and summoning a demon." Because that moment definitely made the list.
Lilly winces slightly before she turns and blinks at Mae amusement bright in her eyes. "Shots fired and received Harps." She snorts. "Dare I say, someone's still a bit salty." She adds with a small frown. She turns back to the gods. "And to be clear, I'm not a hundred percent on that thing being an angel."
"Oh no, that was an angel. They've come back, again." Thoth muses, almost as if to himself he adds, "Because their last trip down was such a success."
"Inappropriate. Mae is a Christian." Maat snaps as she hits Thoth's shoulder, with a painful sounding thud.
"I don't mind differing opinions, I live with Lilly. And I'm extremely opened minded as she puts it." Mae quickly interjects.
"Right. I am sorry." Thoth corrects himself with an eyeroll.
"That's two broken tenets in under five minutes, if anyone else is keeping track." Lilly clucks with her tongue.
"Is the Library really that comfortable?" Maat asks her husband in a sweet voice.
"Really, she threw a whisk at a creature that could kill her and I'm still the one getting reprimanded." Thoth scoffs with disbelief.
"And while that is certainly less than advisable," Maat spares Lilly a slight glare before she fully turns back on Thoth, "It does not excuse you from sincerity and common decency."
Mae kicks Lilly under the table and glares, trying to get her to stop throwing Thoth under the bus. Even she has to admit that her kick was lacking any energy, as she felt her foot graze her sister's skirt. With a yawn she gives up trying to rein her sister in. Thoth was a god, clearly he could hold his own against her.
Lilly spares Mae the shortest of looks unable to keep the grin off her face. "I'm her priestess, gotta call it when I see it." She shrugs.
Thoth clears his throat. "Back to the topic at hand."
"Right. So she's not a psychic?" Lilly asks seriously.
"No, she's not. I haven't felt a presence even remotely like hers in a very long time."
"Huh, we talking decades, centuries, millennia… Era's? What does 'very long time' mean to you?" She questions realizing that time really was relative.
"Several Millennia at least." Thoth muses, drumming his fingers on the table.
"Shit." Lilly blinks at that, trying to figure out the implications of the gods simple statement. What did that mean for Mae exactly?
"Yes. Shit is an apt word for this." Thoth nods as he looks over to Mae with intrigue. "It's odd that you two would find each other. There are seven billion humans on Earth and you two managed to not only meet, but somehow managed to call each other family. Statistics are not in your favor."
Mae shrugs sleepily, not sure how to respond to that. She certainly felt lucky to have Lilly, if that was where he was trying to go.
"So you know what she is then?" Lilly prompts impatiently.
"No." Thoth tilts his head back towards her with a small grin.
Lilly can't help the face palm that occurs from the god's response.
"But I am a god of knowledge, and can easily figure it out with a few tests." Thoth smirks.
"So let's do it then." Lilly scrambles out excitedly.
They both turn to look at Mae, who had apparently fallen asleep in her seat.
"Or not." Lilly frowns as she starts massaging Mae's scalp.
Thoth shrugs. "It is a standing offer, let her know."
"Cool." Lilly smiles before something occurs to her. "I'm not actually a psychic right?" She asks with a frown.
"Yes, you are. Though not in the crystal balls and mysticism sense of the word." Thoth leans back in his chair, his hands now flat on the table in front of him.
"So like… What then?" Lilly questions with a twinge of irritation that he had just dropped off mid thought again.
Maat purses her lips to the side. "You do not need to flaunt your great intelligence at this table with these guests." She glares at Thoth, also finding his delivery method to be irritating. "Your type of psychic ability lies more in the physical plane. Haven't you ever wondered at your quick healing or your pain threshold?"
"Well get your ass handed to you enough… I thought I'd just adjusted." Lilly comments with a thoughtful look. "And no I don't think I did, Mae heals at the same rate."
Thoth raises his eyebrow in interest. "Really?"
"Yeah." Lilly nods. "I mean she's never had like a serious injury or anything, but I mean, our scrapes and bruises heal in about the same amount of time."
Thoth lets out a scoff. "You two ended up masking each other's strangeness, making every oddity seemingly normal." He muses.
"Huh." Lilly huffs as she leans back in her own chair with a thoughtful expression.
"You are simple to help. We can train you to hone your priestess abilities, if you desire to follow that path." Maat explains as she reaches across the table to pat Lilly's arm.
Lilly looks down at Maat's arm for a moment, before she looks up with excitement her smile brilliant as she looked at the goddess. "I'd actually really love that."
Maat returns her excited smile. "I am thrilled to hear that."
"It's Mae that's going to be the challenge. I'll need to do some research and speak with her more in depth." Thoth continues as if he wasn't interrupted. "Though I'm not sure what I'll learn from that, the two of you seem so oblivious and I'm still cannot ascertain whether it's willful or not."
"This is not the first time we've heard that, ironically." Lilly sighs with acceptance. "We try very hard to be normal." She smiles sheepishly. "We've treated it like our own personal challenges. We even managed boyfriends."
"Who are renowned hunters and decidedly not normal." Thoth points out.
"Do not speak ill of their consorts. I find it adorable."
"Maat, they are really not our consorts. They are are boyfriends."
"Do you live together?" Maat questions.
Lilly sighs. "Yes."
"Sleep together?"
"Occasionally." Lilly responds resigned. This was not the first time they had this discussion.
"Consorts." Maat smiles. "Or husbands if you prefer the modern term. Thoth is always telling me I should consider the more modern."
"We're not though." Lilly corrects. "We're dating."
"Not according to your religion, I suppose Mae and Sam are living in sin, but you know how it worked and you invited him to live with you."
Lilly opens her mouth and then shuts it. "Wouldn't that make the three of us Mae's? It's her house."
Maat just laughs. "You are more willing to accept that than the fact that you and Dean are consorts, in the eyes of your law."
"No, I kinda went with the modern less chain-y approach on that one." She explains carefully.
Thoth and Maat exchange looks before they both dissolve into laughter. "Our odd one."
"What?" Lilly asks confused
"As you should have." Thoth agrees. "See, she is not attached to the Winchester."
"No, I'm attached." Lilly corrects quickly.
"So you love him." Maat states.
"Relevance?" Lilly questions.
Thoth exaggeratedly pulls his hand to his chest. "God…" He explains smugly.
"Good point. Yes." Lilly instantly corrects herself.
Maat smiles, Thoth groans.
"We should get them back home. Mae has been feeling unwell since she arrived, and I'm sure Lilly would like to get her in bed." Maat gently offers.
"We're keeping the desserts." Thoth states.
"Of course, we made them for you." Lilly assures him with a chuckle, before she turns to Maat. "And yeah, I'm worried about her. I already know she's gonna be kickin' herself for passing out." She adds softly as she brushes her fingers through Mae's hair gently.
"We'll have to do this again." Maat says.
"I'd really like that, thank you so much for being so accommodating. I really do appreciate it."
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