[ Okay, where had this mythology come from? What did Apollo have to do with anything? Apollo was...the sun god? Yes, of course. With the way this man looked at him, his Apollo must be someone of great importance. And suddenly Christian's mind was spinning with all of the poetic implications. Suddenly it all made sense. Sort of. ]

There are many strange things than can happen when you're exposed to people from a thousand different worlds.

[ He was still adjusting to that fact himself, honestly. ]

Why don't we sit so you can tell me more of this friend of yours?

[ Lunch could wait. He couldn't resist a good story. Especially not when it came from a man with such a look of adoration and astonishment in his eye. ]