[What a question...one that he's not afraid to answer, per say, but perhaps its just...more sad for him to bring up. His expression sure shows it, what with the way it falls only a touch, retaining that wistfulness. ]

Oh...oh yes, my son. I have harbored love for both, but...none of my pursuits ever bore fruit.

[If Choromatsu ever wondered where the two seahorses Poseidon owns came from....that was basically all he got from trying, ever.]

It is why I chose to....mm. "Adopt" children of my own, to put it in those terms. When you have existed for as many millennia as I have, you realize that having no one to share your creations with can get frightfully lonely.