"You haven't met my father." She offers a hiccup. Or a half-giggle, it's hard to tell. "This is the same ... he contracted Aphrodite to Hephaestus against her own wishes. Not that it stopped her from continuing her affairs. If Zeus thinks it is a good match--"

She'll just halt that thought right there.

"I'm so sorry, Clark. You didn't ask for any of this."