[It's true, it's absolutely pointless to try and embarrass Hythlo.]

A favourite pastime... I enjoy quite a lot of things! Gaining new knowledge is always interesting, and I am rather partial to the kind that is more exciting than practical. I prefer to observe the beauty of the world, after all.

[He hums for a moment.]

... Mayhaps that is my favourite pastime. Finding, creating beautiful things, committing them to memory. I've never been the most practical man, you see. But Hades is... so I've always been a foible to him of sorts.