"Can you truly say you expected any different?" Hemera arches a brow at her friend, feigning exasperation with him in turn, though there is a smile in her eyes and her soul that burns brightly at the sight of him.

The smile broaches her lips now, spreading across her face like dawn over the horizon. She crosses the distance between herself and Ardbert again (scratching the underside of Seto's maw in one smooth motion as she does so), then pulls him into a hug and maneuvers him to show him off.

"Look, Hades!" Were she in possession of a tail it would be wagging with delight she cannot contain. As it is, she bounces a little on the balls of her feet, practically quivering with the joy she feels. "A child! My child! My son!" Ardbert is subjected to another firm (gentle) squeeze. "Look at how perfect he is! My greatest masterwork! Isn't he beautiful?"