Calliope wasn’t shy. They had never shown even an ounce of shyness. But what they were was terribly reserved. And this, apparently, was something that made them very reserved indeed. Calliope looked somewhere else and stared at nothing. There was a serene quality to them. But they were silent.

At the observation regarding men and their ability to control themselves, Calliope laughed “Do you really think they can control themselves with male bodies?” They raised their eyebrow and looked amused with the naiveté they seemed to find in Darius. Curious to see his reaction, too, since he contradicted his very first impression.