weasleyzs:“Is it true that you refused to beg for pardon? And that you were not caught, but
weasleyzs: “Is it true that you refused to beg for pardon? And that you were not caught, but confessed to Zeus freely what you did?” “It is.” “Why?” His eyes were steady on mine. “Perhaps you will tell me. Why would a god do such a thing?” I had no answer. It seemed to me madness to invite divine punishment, but I could not say that to him, not when I stood in his blood. “Not every god need be the same,” he said. — Circe, Madeline Miller. -- source link