[Rhea'li listens silently, his tail slowly swishing behind him as he prods the meat on the grill. In all honesty, he's surprised that Hades deigned to share the tale with him. Oh, certainly he had regaled Rhea'li with some of the mostly forgotten history of his people as Emet-Selch. But something so personal...]

My! 'Tis almost a tale from a romance novel.

[He plucks some of the cooked meat onto his plate, dipping a slice into sauce before chewing. Speaking with his mouth half-full...]

Never would I have imagined Hythlodaeus to be the shy one, nor you the oblivious one.