There is a manticore heading right for her.
She is the goddess of wild animals. A manticore isn't exactly hard work for her – but then, that's probably why Kronos has arranged for Atlas to accompany it.
She's still stronger. Atlas has had millennia holding the weight of the sky, while she's been free – it does tend to reduce an immortal's strength.
But she has a game plan to stick to. That creature has a free maiden with him, and while that would be enough to convince the possible children of the prophecy to look for her, her Hunters will never accompany them without her. And if they plan on beating Atlas, they need to do that.
She hopes that she doesn't lose any Hunters during this.
(She knows it's a fool's hope. There will be deaths during this one, but forces far stronger than a goddess have set the pieces on the game board. She has no choice.)
She closes her eyes, and prepares herself. She needs to convincing if she wants the bastard in front of her to believe that he's actually defeated her.
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