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First raped by a god, then cursed by a goddess, Medusa swore that she would never know love again. Cursed to turn anyone to stone who dares to stare into her eyes, she hides away in the mossy caves of Sarpedon, never to be seen by mortals.
But one day, a disheveled-looking woman showed up on the island. On an island with two other Gorgons, Medusa wonders how this young, mortal woman survived. First being washed up on the island, and then managing to navigate the island without being turned to stone.
Her name was Hariclea, and it turned out that she was blind. She was born that way. Typically, visually stunted children were cast into the sea. But she had gifts. From the age of one, she was able to smell storms, hear vibrations in the earth to sense if the gods were unhappy, and test the quality of soil to determine if it was good for growing crops. Her village thrived because of her senses. Her most recent voyage was on a boat with a group of soldiers, working to build civilization on islands near Greece. They needed her ability to sense storms and find food. But when their ship sprung a leak, they casted her overboard, saying that she was no longer of use to them.