Green grass breaks through snow, Artemis pleads for my help

Now that he knows that Shen Yuan will live again -- Claudius explained what Magnus told him in sign, rather than speaking it aloud, wary of some danger he hasn't quite explained to Galahad -- Galahad feels less fluttering anxiety about leaving Claudius alone. It's the only reason he pokes his head into the café with a basket of black raspberry scones topped with a sprinkle of crystallized ginger and stops, arrested by whatever Dionysus and this other person he hasn't met are doing. He's looking especially androgynous today in the sheerish blouse Magnus picked for him and a pair of dark-colored skinny jeans, and his birthday earrings in (his gender may not be at all obvious to Apollo).

He sets the basket down on the floor beside Dionysus' table, drawn to the face-painting setup.