Side 3 STHENO: So, you left home to have an affair with the world’s most arrogant God? MEDUSA: He’s a friend. Nothing more. STHENO: He’s not very friendly. MEDUSA: He’s a God. Like you said. They like to cause scenes. He’s harmless. STHENO: You’re foolish to think that. MEDUSA: All of the women in the temple are pure. There are no ‘affairs’. Athena would punish us and he knows that. STHENO: Oh I’m sure he does. But I’m not so sure he cares. MEDUSA: I haven’t seen you in two years, and this is what you want to talk about? You sound jealous. STHENO: Of what? MEDUSA: Of me. That I’m useful, respected and well liked here. Why did you come? STHENO: Athena sent for me. MEDUSA: That’s a lie. STHENO: I have a letter. Look. You can tell she wrote it, it’s her writing. (MEDUSA GRABS THE LETTER AND STUDIES IT.) Side 3 STHENO: It says you’ve been here the whole time. If I was still interested in finding you. MEDUSA: Why would she do this? STHENO: I have no idea. You’re her high priestess. Ask her yourself. MEDUSA: It must be a mistake. STHENO: It’s a bit too well detailed to be a mistake. Read it. “Please do your best to keep this correspondence a secret. I would be hard pressed if she knew I wished for her departure.” MEDUSA: The end instructs you not to tell me. STHENO: That’s how deception works. MEDUSA: So why are you here telling me!? STHENO: Because I am not a part of your order! Athena means nothing to me. I’m here to bring you home, and if that means showing you that she’s spoiled, arrogant, liar— MEDUSA: Watch what you say about her here. I certainly won’t defend you if you upset her. I suggest you leave. STHENO: What about this isn’t clear to you? They don’t want you here anymore. You’re making a fool of yourself. It’s time to come home. MEUDSA: Home to what? Side 3 STHENO: To your sisters and your parents. MEDUSA: Our parents don’t care about me. STHENO: Our parents don’t care about anyone! Where did you get this idea that Euryale and I were somehow treated so much better than you were? All three of us were lucky-- every day-- that neither of them got angry enough to devour their own young. MEDUSA: And yet you stay with them. STHENO: Not anymore. The sea is big enough to hold us all. Your sisters would like to spend time with you. MEDUSA: I don’t have sisters. No—that’s not true. The priestesses here are my sisters now. I’ve been made— STHENO: High priestess. Echo told me. MEDUSA: You seem surprised. STHENO: I am. It hasn’t even been two years. It’s unheard of. MEDUSA: Well now, you’ve heard of it. So why would I leave? STHENO: You might not think so, but I’m only trying to help you. MEDUSA: And you’re sure there’s no ulterior motive here? Side 3 STHENO: I don’t have one. But maybe you do. .