The group meant to go and help the manned defenses at the borders appeared before Seth once again, informing him that they were ready and prepared with magical potions and items to help themselves along in case they needed to.
"Very good," Seth said with a nod, "Be on your way then."
The demigods then took off and went to meet with Austin and Angelo. Seth stared after them for a few moments before he uttered a small prayer to Hecate.
"Keep them safe, mother..."
Others, even his own half-siblings may not have been completely aware of this, but Seth cared much for the other children of Hecate. Other than basically being family through the goddess, they had created for Seth and Morning the closest thing they could get to a home. On top of that, Seth knew that many of the demigods here had come from difficult pasts due to their noticeable talents...
And scents. His mother was an ancient and powerful goddess, not even a goddess, but a Titan. Monsters were just as attracted to them as they were to the children of the Big Three, and not all of them made it to camp. For that reason, it sickened Seth to no end whenever children of the Big Three would get all the attention and sympathy from other campers, while Hecate's children were just left to receive solace from their own half-siblings
Now coming back to his senses, Seth realized he had probably spent more time at his cabin than he had originally intended to. The others were probably done by now and waiting for him, so he hurried quickly on his way back to the Hephaestus cabin.
Only several yards away from it now, Seth couldn't help but notice formations on a window that would otherwise seem incredibly out of place in a cabin permanently heated by the fires of multiple forges. Ice. Ice patterns to be exact. He immediately figured out it was Nevea's doing, obviously because she was the only child of Khione in there, but also because her work had a certain beauty to it that would never fail to appear during the colder parts of the year, or catch his attention. He actually smiled at it, but was left wondering what prompted her to make her icy art in the cabin in the first place.
"Back," he said simply as he entered the cabin. The sound of clanging metal had stopped now, indicating to Seth that the forgers had already finished their work. He went over and inspected their crafts, attention turning from them to the ice and crystal model that Nevea had slightly altered. Examining it closer, he came to the conclusion that she had modified it slightly to accommodate the mechanisms.
"Interesting, I'd say things look better than they were before," he said to the room. "Are there still things to be worked out, or are we ready to actually begin setting these up?"
