“Dawn apologized in pink and gold again this morning. She has never once been on time.”
Her lateness is the most reliable clock in the world.

“She abducted Tithonus for love and forgot to ask for his youth — he became a cicada.”
A Dawn legend of Spirits & Nymphs
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Eos rises from Ocean each morning, rosy-fingered, opening the gates for Helios's chariot. She loved the mortal Tithonus, won him immortality from Zeus, forgot eternal youth — he withered into a cicada, still singing.
She runs late daily, apologizing in pink and gold. Mortals set their clocks by her apology; it has never once been on time.
The cicada still sings at dawn — Tithonus, greeting her. She slows, almost, every morning.
“Dawn apologized in pink and gold again this morning. She has never once been on time.”
Her lateness is the most reliable clock in the world.
“The morning dew has tasted of salt this week. Eos is crying again.”
Dawn's son fell at Troy; her tears never dried.
Gods of the small hours: rivers, winds, dreams, and thresholds. They were old before the Olympians had names.
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