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Death intimately recognizes the look on Zagreus' face. Haunted. Mortals bear that same expression in their final hour; their brows drawing taut with exhaustion; their mouth slacking in silent prayer; short, rattling wisps of life spilling from pursed lips; their eyes moving constantly, whether open or shut, trying to read the thread of their lives that the Fates had woven through an ever-expanding tapestry. It is a mercy when Thanatos takes them. And here Zagreus is, trying to find his thread in the middle of Elysium.
Zagreus has finally found his mother, but the joy in their reunion is quickly tarnished by the threat of Olympic wrath. With all the lies he's had to tell and all the people he's involved in its web, the weight of it all is crushing him alive as he struggles to hold everything, including himself, together. Thanatos refuses to let him carry the burden alone.