In turn, Mel merely lifts one shoulder, neither confirming nor denying the business of Hades. He hadn't been at the academy, and as such, she hadn't been in contact with him since this most recent reincarnation. It'd been on her list, only something or someone deemed it more fitting to kidnap deposit the Goddess here instead.

"There isn't a Persephone where you're from?" A beat, wherein lips purse thoughtfully. Seems safe to conclude that she herself is also nonexistent, which is slightly unnerving. "Well, Persephone is the daughter of Demeter and Zeus. She is the Goddess of vegetation, grains, and the like, and she's allowed to leave the Underworld during the Spring, but must return in Winter. It's for her that I've started helping Aerith and Merlin with the flowers."