The Hephaestus crew must have such complicated feelings about December 25th. Because it's Eiffel’s birthday and he no longer remembers how much that used to matter to him. Because it's Christmas which was important to Minkowski and which Eiffel hated. Because it's the anniversary of when they found evidence of alien life and Hilbert betrayed them and Hera had her personality core ripped out and everything about the mission changed. It's a day crowded with conflicting emotions, a day that they want to celebrate and condemn and commemorate and forget.
















