We live in a strange time,' Electra said. 'A time when the gods are fading. Some of us still see them but there are times when we don't. Their power is waning. Soon, it will be a different world. It will be ruled by the light of day. Soon it will be a world barely worth inhabiting. You should feel lucky that you were touched by the old world, that in that house it brushed you with its wings.