Greed brought Pride and led Professor X to the Abyss.
When Professor X saw the captured Mother, it would be a stretch to say she was whole; at best, she had only begun to resemble a human shape.
But what Professor X saw was clearly not something so superficial. The instant he saw that mass of unknown matter, his eyes lit up. He quickly took Mother away from Schiller's High Tower and returned to his own mindscape.
Pride followed Greed to his room, slowly climbed onto the desk, straightened his upper body, and said, "The inspection is complete. Now we can discuss the price, right?"
"Not so fast." Greed picked up his medical records. "I gave you quite a few ideas, so first we deduct the planning fee..."
"You're cheap enough to die from it." Pride said. "Other than giving me a few strategies for dealing with Mount Olympus, what else did you do?"
"What do you mean, a few strategies? I gave you an entire complete plan, including how to release the eldest son to kill Hera's son Ares, so she would completely break with Zeus and turn to our side. Then there was arranging for the children to conduct investigation after investigation, linking together all those magic-side forces..."
"Cut the crap." Pride said impatiently. "If you're calculating it, hurry up. If I get back sooner, that body might still be salvageable."
"I'm afraid that'll be difficult. After all, every aspect of the Triple Goddess has to be put to the fullest use."
Inside the fake Mercury formed from Green Lantern energy, Bruce recalled the conversation he had had with Schiller in the hospital room before Schiller left Mercury for Earth.
At the time, Schiller had gone to see Brand. Lilith had nearly been scared out of her wits