Aphrodite continued to smile as she walked down from the altar. "This place is my sanctuary. None of the other gods or goddesses can penetrate this realm. This will give us some time alone to ..."
"Uhh," Tate murmured, before shutting up. He slowly rose his hand.
Aphrodite sighed, then said "Speak."
"Are we still on Mars? Or some other plane of existence?" It was a theory that had occurred to him during this whole ordeal. Perhaps the reason NASA hadn't noticed any evidence of the Olympian Gods on Mars was because they existed in some sort of parallel reality.
"Your mortal mind cannot grasp our existence. But yes, this is another place, both on the planet you deem Mars and also not. But enough of this. Let us make plans, avatar. We have much to discuss."
