He would be more proud of his victory in the cafe if Hythlodaeus hadn't promptly won the bout back with his offer to share cake. Hades harrumphs and resumes walking, speaking as he goes.

"I seduced him in the cafe. That is all." A wry smirk curves his lips at the memory, touched with not a small amount of wistfulness. "If I had known how easy it would be to fluster him with his own tricks, I would have done so long, long ago."