[OPEN] breach your rippling pool

M i l d e w

Come down, little darling,
and lay at my breast

It was clear that something was on Aurelia's mind; Mildew had seen humans with a conscious before. Usually she had little sympathy but she'd found that Aurelia was a good, respectful guest. She could afford to humour her a little. As the issue came to light Mildew nodded, sucking her teeth and making a show of thinking the problem over, even though it was easily solved in a matter of seconds.

"You make the mistake of believing the Gods will care, sweet." She said with a smirk, tucking hair back behind her ear. "They don't. They don't have the same morals or concerns as mortals. What you did in your old world? May as well be fiction." Mildew reached out two hands in a gesture, fingers spread, to show the memories going out into the air. "Besides, they only see what they look for. Don't bring it up and they won't either." Aurelia was committing one of the most common crimes mortal did: ego. Believing the Gods would care about her past when they had so many more important things to do.

Oh, come a little closer
and I'll do the rest