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"Dymion," Chronos' voice was soft. He was now in the form of a man in his thirties, holding still a few vestiges of youth, but still the wisdom of age. It was the way most always remembered him, around the same age as Rubius. He puts a comforting hand on Endymion's shoulder, squeezing it with a small sad smile, "That's exactly why I asked.... No, you won't have to experience those moments again.... I'll block them from both of our views from, say.... The time that you woke up in the future to the time that Apollo found you. I'll block all of that out, ok?" He smiles.
Nodding in the direction of the bathroom, "Now go change and say goodbye to your childlike self."

Apollo smiles at Endymion as he llay down on the bed and gives his hand a small squeeze. He says softly, "Unless there's an emergency, I'll be by your side the whole time...." He kisses that small hand. "I love you, darling."
Chronos places one hand on Endymion's chest over his heart, and one hand on Endymion's forehead. He whispers, "Just relax...." In a split second, it felt like Endymion was suddenly being shoved up out of the bed forcefully. It was so rough that he found himself hovering in the air. But Apollo was still staring at where he had been on the bed. In the air around him, Endymion floated and it was easy to see he was somehow separate from his body, which lay out-cold on the bed beneath him. Chronos seemed to go into a trance and suddenly everything around them went dark. They were in a blank room, black space surrounding them. Chronos came walking up to Endymion, "You are separated from your body now, so lets get started...."
The earliest memories, most of which Endymion himself hadn't even remembered began to flash in the space around them, but as if it were a movie in fast-forward mode, rushing through each.

Chronos suddenly rushed to Endymion and caught his shoulder. The space around them suddenly flashed in a warm comforting light and suddenly, Endymion was seeing the memory in the night club where Apollo pulled him from the clutches of a customer and pretended to pay for him for the night in the attempt to get him out of the club.
The memories that followed were all of him and Apollo, from that point on, from their experiementation to the first time they had sex, to freeing Adel, and on and on.

Apollo blinks, startling from his daze. It had been hours since Endymion had been knocked out, all of it quiet. All the while, Endymion had been slowly growing, not enough to watch and observe second to second, but over a half hour, he could notice a difference. Apollo had been dozing a bit when the moan woke him. At first, he thought he had dreamed it, but then he saw Endymion beside him, looking like he was about 16 or 17 now, obviously a bit excited by the memories. He smiles a bit, wondering how close he and Chronos were to being done.
He pulls a blanket up over his lover's lower half, now that the pajama shirt wasn't long enough to cover him all. He gives Endymion's hand a small squeeze and sits back to wait.

Meanwhile, there came the memories of Diana, when she would change from a kitten to a little girl, to a mix between... Then finally seeing Diana, the actual Diana and learning about why Endymion had been asleep for so long. The more memories of Adel and Diana, all the way up until the camping trip and the three days training, the fight that he had had with Apollo and their separation, then the emergence of Dionysus, first vying for Endymion's attention before they all fell together and got all of their frustration out in the tent.

Apollo didn't react at first, having been looking at the book that was resting in his lap. It was when he heard Chronos groan that he looked up.

Chronos let out a loud moan. Digging out all of those memories had been exhausting and now his head ached as if he had just gotten hit by a train. Opening his watering eyes, he looked down to see a much older Endymion, one that looked around 19-21. He sighs in relief, rubbing his forehead.

Apollo blinks, squeezing Endymion's hand and looking down to his fully grown lover, "Darling....?.... Are you ok??.... Can you hear me?"

Apollo smiles back down at him, his eyes twinkling with happiness and relief. He leans down to kiss Endymion, savoring the taste of those full, sweet lips that he had missed so dearly. He pulls back up and strokes through Endymion's hair, "You don't think the god of medicine would let you keep that, do you..."
He reaches down and presses a cool cofrting hadn to Endymion's forehead, quick and total relief of the headache spreading frim his fingertips. He smiles, but breaks their contact to look over to Chronos. He reaches to him as well, getting rid of the god of time's headache before saying in a soft voice, "I don't know how to repay you.... Thank you so much...." He gets up and envelops Chronos in a hug.
The weary god just smiles and hugs Apollo back, "I think a hot meal and a soft bed for the night will be payment enough..."
Apollo laughs, "Our cook whipped up something amazing downstairs, but I haven't been down to see what it was. I'm sure there's still some left for you...."
Chronos nods and wearily walks from the bedroom.
Apollo turns his eyes back to his lover before sitting on the edge of the bed with a small smile, "You're back to your usual perfect self, darling..." He chuckles and hands Endymion a mirror.

Apollo smiled as well. He felt like he would cry with relief soon enough, but for now they had work to take care of. He kisses Endymion one mrore time before standing you and stroking through his soft hair, "I'm anxious for that as well.... Do you want me to stay with you while you talk to him?" He asks as he tosses Endymion some of his redular clothes.