Hephaestus rubbed his eyes again and took a breath.

"Okay..good for the soul and all that jazz. Nobody here is without their fuck-ups from back then. It took me a long time to finally get a sense of worth after that and I'm not going to let old memories drag me back into the hole I was in." He paused for a moment. "..I can put it behind me. Just..can we not talk about baby-making until after we find a way apart? I mean bygones-be-bygones has its limits."