But even if my case is unique and strange and weird and curse-related, for all of those you can tell that person’s body has changed against their will in some way.

Some people get skin conditions, others lose half their face in a car crash or whatever, I get transformed. My point is, it’s obvious that I was always this way in terms of my body. Ugh, just thinking about it makes my ‘hair’ writhe. After all, I was the one who saw Athena, talked with Athena, was cursed to become this by Athena. I even have my own unwanted worshippers just my very existence in this transformed body has resuscitated the ancient Greek religions to some degree.

Others are more academic, and look to me as one of the most significant evidences of real magic in the world. Parents of unruly children tell my story as a cautionary tale to what can happen if you wander off out of sight and touch or do things you shouldn’t. Hell, the story of how I received the Gorgon’s Curse is famous world-wide. I know that sounds obvious, looking the way I do.