[He continues to hold him, rubbing his back lightly.]

I have changed. Just as you can never truly be 'Hythlodeaus', I can never be 'Hades'. And for a long time, that is all I wanted to be. And I held onto it with a white knuckled grip as if nothing could replace it would I lose it.

But I was wrong.

We grow. We learn. We change. Our Amaurot is beautiful, but its aspiration to push boundaries, to become more than it was... that was its true beauty. And the same goes for all those who dwell within it.

[Maybe a little character growth!]