Aria's friend

[Nox]

Nox grinned and took the man's offered hand and shook. "That is the very reason the Atharim call us gods. Way back when the order was founded we fought against men and women with our power. They were thought to be gods. Zeus, Poseidon, Thor, Odin, all those mythical creatures of legend - they are legends in my world. We hunted them - these gods - for years until we eradicated them. They oppressed mankind, we saved humanity from them. We sank back into the shadows and protected humanity until the rise of the gods again. That is our job. Our credo."


Nox frowned. "With that in perspective. I was raised to believe that people with the power will always become corrupt. But I can hardly believe that of myself. Or my sister. All we wanted to do was protect humanity from the monsters in the shadows. I could fall on my sword as it may and save the world from my eventual corruption. But I choose to believe in Spider-man."
Nox sighed at the memory of his father's comic book obsession. "With great power comes great responsibility."


"We are not gods. We are men. All men are not created equal. Some of us are bad people."
Dane's image came up in Nox's mind and Nox had to push it away. There had to be a way to make him safe for Aria's sake.