At Valerie's determined promise, Lance permitted himself a small smile. He was slightly amused when she fist-pumped the air. [color=00aeef][i]She must have loved her grandfather a lot.[/i][/color] There was no way he could expect anything from Chronos - trying to make sense of his grandfather would give him a major headache for weeks.

At the mention of Aphrodite's children, he grimaced, recalling some unpleasant memories when he crossed paths with them - the horrible days when the girls tried to force him to crossplay, and the boys dumping a bucket of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafflesia]Rafflesia[/url] perfume over his head when he was spotted talking to the prettiest girl in their cabin (he was simply returning her lost eyeliner). [color=00aeef]"I won't go as far as punching them in broad daylight, but I'll honestly admit that I hate them."[/color] [color=00aeef][i]Love and war go hand in hand indeed[/i][/color], he thought - the demigods of Aphrodite could be equally mean like those of Ares, especially if anyone dared to contest their unparalleled vanity.

[color=00aeef]"I have limited power over time manipulation,"[/color] he said slowly. [color=00aeef]"You know, stopping time of anyone and anything within a certain radius I set, except for myself. I can't travel back and forth time for now like my grandfather, though."[/color] There were times he wondered if his ability would make him age faster than most others - a question that Chronos had so far failed to give him a proper answer to. His only reassurance was that he couldn't feel his bones going old yet; or maybe now it's too early to tell.

He laughed at Valerie's frantic sarcasm. [color=00aeef]"Yeah, who wants to get stuck in the middle of their two-timing, cheating marriage anyway? Besides, that problem of theirs had lasted for eons and it still goes on even today."[/color] Lance was never a romantic person - he found love rather superficial, especially in the current world of materialism. [color=00aeef]"Sometimes I feel Aphrodite is almost like a female version of Zeus - like father, like child?"[/color]