46. Home Decoration Is Serious Business, Feels Like the Weight of the World

Pleione is taking her time with the interior design today. It makes sense; when you have an entire hidden grove you have to design, it’s a lot to deal with. You don’t want the furniture too close to the man-eating snakes, and the shine from the golden apples will really affect the lighting.

In Greek mythology, Atlas was sentenced to bearing the weight of the heavens upon his shoulders after being a leader in a war against the Olympian gods. He would ensure heaven and earth never met again to have children, as the result of that union were often monstrous creatures that caused trouble for humans and gods both.