reitia, Venetic goddess of letters, is the daughter of a guitarist. Romans later identified her with Diana. a young mother like her own mother, she is worshipped above all other gods for her kindness.

in high school she came home in sailor moon costumes and declared herself a communist to her parents. i have only met her once, in her sunlit home with a parrot, a child, a boyfriend, and a thick wall of deconstructionist books, alongside our lady of sorrows. she was the only other person i knew who liked the comic series w.i.t.c.h. she gifted me that entire comic collection from her girlhood; i will keep it forever.