Thoth stormed into the only place in the school where he felt at home; the library. The doors echoing throughout the room were soon accompanied by the echo of his fists meeting the nearest empty table.
Anubis, startled by the thundering clap of anger throughout the normally quiet sanctuary, peered up from his chair into the burning blue eyes of Thoth. The flames that he saw in them made him feel as though Thoth was seething with absolute rage. Whenever Thoth gets this angry, it means that his knowledge has been challenged, which is something you should never do.
Thoth snapped his head up and shot Anubis a glare that made the poor thing shiver. Out of fear for his life, he ran out of the library before Thoth's flaming eyes burned him alive, locking the door behind him to contain the blaze.
Thoth remained there for hours, panting, seething with rage. How dare a human interrupt a lesson from the God of Knowledge? Out of everyone in that room, she should be worshiping the fact that she had the privilege to learn from him. His knowledge was power, and that power was something that he had never been tested in such a way until that human stood up earlier that day. The look of defiance in her eyes showed a side of her that he couldn't have even guessed that she contained.
When she challenged him, she had the nerve to compare herself to him as a teacher. 'What the hell did she know that I didn't?' He thought to himself. He knew everything there was about the human body, inventions, and history and more than anyone, God or human, could even comprehend. The emotions that she was debating were merely a reaction to chemical and hormonal changes as the body's response.
He has emotions, he just understands that they are illogical and have no place in his world of practicality.
Thoth thought back to her story, her words sounded as though she had rehearsed her story in her head so many times that she was barely listening to what she was saying. She was merely reciting, not clinging to her words like she normally does when she speaks. It then dawned on Thoth, 'she wasn't listening to what she was saying, she was feeling what she was saying.' He had never seen anyone with such... pain in their eyes. Those eyes that were normally filled with happiness or curiosity were replaced by mirrors of painful memories. Memories of death and invisible pain that was shielded from the world behind a masterfully crafted mask that even he couldn't see past or detect.
Thoth shook his head. He always thought that he could read everyone like an open book. He could see what kind of person someone was just by looking in their eyes. Eyes were windows to the soul and to the gods was especially true. To him, her eyes were beacons of happiness and carefree life. Watching her, he always thought that she was the kind of human who had the world laid out at her feet without working or earning it. However, whatever he saw in her eyes earlier was something opposite of that impression. He saw the pain and hard work to get to where she was today.
Thoth heard a slight chuckle behind him. He turned around only to see Zeus standing there with an amused look on his face. "Thoth, judging by your reaction, something is bothering you about that girl."
Thoth glared at Zeus. "What do you want?"
Zeus sighed and took a few steps towards his old friend. "I came to check up on you. I saw Anubis running around in fear and I figured that was because of you."
Thoth turned his gaze to the floor. His fists were clenched at his sides. "Zeus, I don't understand." Grumbled Thoth. Zeus was the only person in all of existence whom he would ever say such a thing.
"What is it you don't understand old friend?"
Thoth's gaze met Zeus's concerned one and he sighed, closing his eyes, "That girl... that human. Normally, I can read anyone like an open book. For some reason, I couldn't see the pain that she was hiding. I couldn't even see past her normal persona. I don't understand how I couldn't read it. No one has ever been able to hide information from me even if it was about past emotions or memories. How can a mere human do such a thing?"
Zeus's gaze softened as he began to understand what was bothering Thoth so much. "You know, I have found that she is immune to Loki's and Balder's power of persuasion. Each of them tried and she isn't affected by them at all. I wonder why that is…"
Thoth's eyes snapped open in shock, "Wait, she is immune to Balder's abilities? That's impossible!"
Zeus nodded. "Indeed, but maybe that was the reason that the sword chose her to help us. The one being in the entire universe who can't be persuaded or changed by our abilities. I wonder…..." Zeus's voice trailed off as he turned around and vanished in a flash of light.
Thoth stood there in amazement. 'No mortal being is immune to the power of the gods. If she is immune, then what does that make her?' He couldn't see anything special about her other than her unusual colored hair. In the few months that she had been here, he had assumed that she artificially changed it, but there was no evidence of any other color.
'I need to research more into this.' Thought Thoth as he walked among the many books to find out how the human girl could hide from the powers of the gods.