I expected Ares to be surprised when I told him things were easier for me already, but he didn’t seem to be.
We had finished packing our things away and started traveling for the day when I finally realized why his reaction had been to smile and tell me that was great news rather than being shocked and amazed.
He had faith in me.
He had never doubted me, and although he was happy for me and proud that I was able to develop my skills so readily he wasn’t surprised about that, and he had never questioned whether I would be able to or not.
I spent most of my morning confirming what I had suspected - I could focus on specific people and catch snippets of their private thoughts some of the time.
It wasn’t easy, and I know there were things that Ares’ pack did that made it more difficult f
