*during their dating phase*
Aphrodite: say Hephaestus. You never got to tell me why you think i’m more beautiful than Persephone, did you? Could you answer that now?
Hephaestus: you do still care about that?
Aphrodite: just out of curiosity. You still got my permission *winks*
Hephaestus: okay... how do i put this?...
Hephaestus: hm... *thinking* gemstones.
Hephaestus: if you two were gemstones, she would be like a diamond, and you would be like a pearl...
Aphrodite: ... elaborate.
Hephaestus: well, while diamonds are indeed beautiful, they’re this way because an awful lot of work was put into that from the very beggining.
Hephaestus: if Demeter’s testimony was correct, making her out from 100 perfect roses sounds excessive, if you ask me... plus the double beauty blessing, which, by the way, one of them came from you, which you can easily say part of her beauty comes from you...
Hephaestus: on the other hand, you, like a pearl, were born from the seafoam in a clam, all naturally. Pearls are not made speciphically for that, they just... come out that way, which feels almost like a miracle...
Aphrodite: *sparkly eyes*
Aphrodite: my, Hephaestus, i didn’t know you were such a charmer <3
Hephaestus: *blush* oh- well... i just know a lot of facts about minerals... I got to talk often with Hades about rocks and stuff...
Aphrodite: so Persephone is like a diamond huh?... now I see why Hades likes her.
