And if it's reasonable, I'll pay it gladly. If it isn't, I have a coupon. It reads, 'Give me what I want or I tear your Underworld down around your ears.' It's a very good coupon, I think.

[It's her second comment that made him sigh, shaking his head; see, it's this kind of attitude that makes him prefer the company of men to gods.]

Doubtless their struggles seem so tiny to you, watching idly as the ages pass you by untouched. But you never will understand from your lofty height, Aphrodite; humanity is something that has to be experienced from the inside to be appreciated. And what you perceive as tiresome can be more profound than you may ever choose to grasp.