"It doesn't have to be your life." Lydia says firmly. She steps forward even as Allison steps back. "And who you are isn't defined by the touch of divinity inside you, whether it's demigod or magician or soul shard. If I believed I was defined by what people think of Aphrodite, I'd be a vain, manipulative, fickle person and that is definitely not something I want to be."

"Is this who you want to be?"