"So I can perceive." He nods at the wolf, and thinks for a moment. "Yes, Canids generally are more comforting than a strange man. Though... I cannot say I remember what feeling fear is like."

THat was cut out of him by psycho-surgery, conditioning, and a cocktail of drugs after all.

"So what was Athena, really?" He notes the name. A god of the old countries, long-turned to dust but still known of in the books Kyril shared with him.