( he shrinks further into the blanket, quiet and sullen. )

Advice noted and unappreciated. ( comes the eventual muffled response. marduk continues to pointedly stare at the floor. internally he debates about what else to tell apollo, if he even should mention anything else; something that would get her to back off would be ideal. what he comes up with is: ) I have someone else back home. ( and he turns away from her fully, returning to his old position. conversation over. )