[ Orpheus looks up at that, confused, opening his mouth to ask a question before remembering what Elisabeth said. Right. Ancient stories. But what details would've been left out? What doesn't Antonio already know? He thinks for a moment, before starting. ]

Eurydice's already told you about the contract she signed, right? I... didn't know about it, when I went after her, and when I got there she didn't have time to explain it to me before Lord Hades showed up and told me instead, and had his workers drag me away for trespassing.

[ His eyes flick up to look at Antonio briefly before going back to staring at the floor. ]

I was ready to give up. But I called to her one last time, and I guess the workers heard me, because they came back, and let me back in, and I saw Lady Persephone take Lord Hades aside, and I guess they talked about it, too, because he showed up again and told me he'd... hear my song, before he threw me into Tartarus. I think.

[ The phrasing was unclear but the implication was strong. ]

So I sang to him about - how I understood how afraid he was, of losing his wife. Of her leaving him for something he couldn't provide. And of - knowing what it was like, to see someone all alone against the sky, and feel like you'd known them all along.

[ His hands shake a little as he holds the guitar, and he clutches it a bit closer to him. ]

And when I was done - he and Lady Persephone took each others' hands, and they danced, and he sang to her. I thought maybe he'd let us go, after that, but... he still didn't want to. He thought about it, for a really long time, and. You probably know what he decided to do. And what happened next.