"I'm not much of a coffee addict as Jack," Steven explains. "Five years without it in Arcadia broke me of it--and honestly, even before Arcadia I was always more of a cappuccino or latte guy than I was into your regular drip coffee. I'll get something on the way to work."

Then his mind fully processes what Hythlodaeus just said about himself and Hades and he swears under his breath.

"Are you--" He's got a pensive worried expression, looking at Hythlo. "I mean, I get it, it's a thousand fucking years for him by now, god, thousands of years, of course he's had the time to get over losing you, but-- Jesus Christ. You're basically saying you were engaged, right? Holy fucking shit. If we didn't have a treaty I'd throw him down another flight of stairs for fucking with your emotions like this. Not that it wasn't bad when you were just exes, but--"

He glances away.

"Sorry. I just. He's being such an asshole about all of this. This whole-- bullshit with you and Dirk."