"Yes, well, I have a certain way with serpents." He grinned.

"What of Aphrodite? She's made no secret of being his lover. And she's... compelling. There's scarcely a man alive immune to her charms. She certainly has a way with people," Asclepius pointed out, "And, at the present, she is the most powerful of the Olympian women... Possibly a queen in the making."