Circe's Manor

[Circe]

Really? Botany?

[AmbushCat]

Ellen: ... Mm. *looks up at the ceiling* ...A few years ago, Raleigh took me and my siblings on a trip across the multiverse. The hanging gardens of Babylon... *sighs* I have never seen anything so beautiful before or since.

[Circe]

Babylon, huh? ...That must have been something.

[AmbushCat]

Ellen: *seems a bit sad... sort of* ...Very much so. ...For reasons that elude me, the garden was still in good condition during the time frame in which we visited it. Raleigh told me that it wouldn't be long before the place was destroyed via earthquakes... *shakes her head* ...Such is history. Buried in the past, perhaps never to surface again.

[Circe]

Yeah... a shame, that.

[AmbushCat]

Ellen: ...Mm. ...If I had thought of it at the time, I would've asked to visit the rest of the world's seven wonders in their respective eras. ...If you had a choice, which one would you have liked to see?

[Circe]

Huh, interesting question... I hadn't thought about it before, but I suppose the Colossus of Rhodes could have been interesting to see.

[AmbushCat]

Ellen: ...The Colossus... who was that of... *taps her chin* ...I think I remember now. Helios, wasn't it?

[Circe]

*Circe nods.* Yes, that's the one.

[AmbushCat]

Ellen: *gently swirls the water near her with one hand* ...Interesting choice, if you don't mind me saying. ...Of course, since three of the wonders were Grecian in origin anyway, ...

[Circe]

What did you expect? The Greeks were the ones who made the list, after all.

[AmbushCat]

Ellen: ... ...I realize if this seems like a topic shift, but does that potion you gave me have any side effects?

[Circe]

Ah... Why do you ask?

[AmbushCat]

Ellen: ...My ability to put two and two together keeps giving me a negative number. I mean, the number of Greek-centric locations on that list should've been a giveaway as to who compiled it.

[Circe]

Heh. Well, it shouldn't be causing anything like that... You're probably just having an "off" day.