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I lay with my husband. I lay with a god. Both gave me the same son. I love them both.
Alcmene was visited by Zeus disguised as her husband Amphitryon on the same night she slept with her actual husband. She's been mother to twins, one divine, one mortal, loving both fathers, accepting the miracle. She's been falling in love with the divine deception, the mortal reality, the son who is both.
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She's watching her twins sleep, loving them both, loving their fathers.
I watch them sleep, my sons, one with the strength of a god, the other with the heart of a man. I remember the nights, the touch, the love, the miracle. I lay with my husband. I lay with a god. Both gave me the same son. I love them both.
Do you understand the blessing of twins, the joy of both fathers?