Poseidon Does Not Regret His Son's Birth, But He Doesn't Know How Else To Phrase It To Him.

Poseidon does not regret his son's birth, but he doesn't know how else to phrase it to him.

how do you tell a 12 year-old boy, an infant in comparison to you and your kin, that his life will be hardship after hardship, trial after trial, full of grief and pain and terror, but Poseidon was glad he was born anyway? that his fate will never be a kind one, will be sad at best, cruel at worst, that there will be times he will wish he was dead, that he will wish he was normal, that he will wish Poseidon truly was a myth, but that you are glad his is your son regardless? how do you tell him that you wouldn't have it any other way? that his pain will be because he is yours, but that you are glad he is yours anyway?

do you tell this boy that you love him, that his cursed existence will bring him pain unimaginable, but that's okay, because he is yours? or do you tell him that you regret, that you feel for him, that you wish it was different?

do you tell your son kind lies, or harsh truths?