The One Question That Should Never Be Asked

“Mother, do you know why Hera didn’t have any babies? Zeus seems to chase after all the women and a bunch of them have had his babies…the scandal sheets always are writing about the new little baby goddesses and demigoddesses as well as little gods—but why didn’t Hera have children?”

By asking this question, I feel like I’ve asked about the holy mysteries and asked the one question that should never be asked.

Mother looks at me.

Shaking her head, she looks like she doesn’t want even to reply, but then, staring solemnly with her most serious, gray eyes, she whispers, “No one really knows the answer to that question. If you dare, you’ll have to ask Hera.”