After I had refused to aid him, his uncle happened upon him, directing Orpheus to our sister in order that he might find a way into the Underworld. She told him that it was possible, but that there are laws for such actions, warned him of the consequences. She agreed to aid him, refusing her gift from him so that he would continue to live after descending into and returning from the Underworld.

[ he raises his eyes now, meeting hers. his own are clear now, the unshed tears dried and gone. ]

And so he does to this day, even after he should have died from what the Sisters of the Frenzy did to him. I arranged for priests to care for him on the island where his head washed onto. And there he has remained in the several thousand years since.