The Final Proposal

After proposing to Styx and Lethe, and finally to Persephone… I went directly to the ferryman of Acheron, Charon.
He was busy as usual, ferrying souls across the river.

“…Charon.”
“Ahem! Hades, I didn’t let that mortal cross the river on purpose. No, he pleaded with tears streaming down his face, and his lyre… oh, how it moved my heart…”
“Charon.”
“The moment I heard that music, all the painful memories of my time here came rushing back. You understand, don’t you…?”

Clearly aware of his mistake in allowing a living human to …