[Her expression is a mix of regret, apology, and frustration, shaking her head just so.]

Just that some old magic was involved... Powerful, like... realm of the gods, dangerous in the hands of mortals type stuff. The usual vague but ominous warnings.

[She opts not to pursue the bit about her absent mother, because honestly she's never really stopped to fully process how it made her feel. There was so much about it to try to understand, and Piper already had her hands full just trying to survive. On some level she'd maybe learned to accept it, but she still isn't sure how she feels about Aphrodite as a parent, maybe because she hadn't acted like one yet.

Maybe Varian was right to be so angry about it on her behalf, but--]

But that's what made me come back.