Leaving Themyscira

"Oh, good, Mother helped keep watch... Wait, what!? My mother, she... she..."

Diana shot to her feet, too shocked to speak coherently.

She pointed toward Hippolyta's chambers, her face turning scarlet.

Diana wasn't afraid of her mother. She even rebelled now and then.

But the thought of her mother witnessing her wild behavior last night—and even keeping watch for her...

Suddenly, the world felt impossibly vast, yet Diana was so embarrassed she wanted it to swallow her whole.

Her cry had drawn the attention of the Amazon Warriors nearby.

They looked over, still unaware that their princess was the culprit behind last night's earthquake.

They all asked Diana what was wrong.

Diana stammered, mortified.

She wanted to punch through the load-bearing pillar beside her so the roof would collapse and hide her.

"Diana!" a stern voice called out.

Queen Hippolyta had returned.

After the two of them left the cliff, the queen had mounted her horse and ridden back as well.

Her gaze was sharp enough to make the warriors step aside. The queen seemed especially stern today.

Hippolyta looked down at her daughter. "Come with me!"

She spurred her horse onward, but as she passed Diana, she didn't forget to glare at Leon, who was still crouching behind her.

"And you, Leon. You come too!"

Only then did the warriors notice Leon. Until now, all their attention had been on Diana.

They hadn't expected to see him again after ninety years.

Surprise and delight swept through them.

"Is that really Leon?"

"Leon's back on Themyscira?"

"Gods, he's still so young. Is he a god too?"

"Hey! Leon! Remember me? You saved me from Ares decades ago!"

Called out by Hippolyta, Leon stood up from behind Diana.

The warriors immediately erupted.

Among the slender-waisted, long-legged Amazon Warriors dressed in nothing