one god, two titans, and the near* fall of Humanity: the story of a box.

Pandora should have not been to blame.

For if a parent gave a child, curious in nature, an unknown, and said "You can do anything except to open this," you know that's what they'd do.

And if Yahweh gave Adam any tree to choose from but then set aside the apple as off-limits, of course Adam failed to pass along the message to Eve when overwhelmed with his new existence and the reality of endless promise in Eden.

And when we take a kitten in we don't expect for it to know the difference between right and wrong, because animals are innocent; it's our job to own up to the damage that it does.

And so when Zeus gave her the box knowing of her nature, he doomed her to fail, took advantage of her gentle curiosity and desire to uncover all of that about the world which was yet unexplained, and to share it with People, who her Brother had made, had shaped from clay, and given flame -

And Prometheus could pay the price, certainly, it seemed,

but not enough, not enough, for Zeus's pride and greed... No, he'd need to make example. That's exactly what he did. Tied Prometheus to a rock, gave the sister a gift; told her not to open the box, whatever else she did, and knowing of Pandora's nature, he knew she'd lift the lid -

- releasing all the demons and bad things into the world, all the hatred, pain and suffering, the sadness and turmoil... all to turn against Humanity, creation he'd not Blessed. In turn, People blame Pandora. A jealous god is dangerous. Envy and vengeance are what Jupiter does best. He punishes the maker, the sister and the innocently made, forever all three cursed; in one fell swoop, removes the threats to his 'magnificence,' sets his time to heroes to take down all these new threats. 'How magnanimous, how wonderful!' you'd hear the people say.

Monsters of his own making, heroes sent along to slay them, all for his own entertainment, and for pantheon'ic sway. That's how Zeus used just a box to turn the odds his way.