She rolls her eyes. "And speaking of kidgods... for crying out loud, Ares, where have you been hanging out that that's how you swear these days?"

Laughing a little, she takes a drag on her own cigarette, which has been kind enough not to go out yet. Or reduce noticeably, for that matter.

"And besides. I didn't do a thing, really, other than try to keep the kidgod from interfering with the trick. And he didn't, and hissed at him when he stopped it... stupid, really. I'm surprised he didn't get stapled to the ceiling or something for that."

Eris shrugs.

"Apparently, m'dear has learned a bit of restraint."