"I'm doing good," Olly answered with a smile. "Glad to be in my favorite class." Of course he would have to say that, even if it wasn't his absolute favorite class. Still, it was pretty close to the truth so he didn't feel bad. While Professor Myers greeted the rest of the students Olly's focus shifted to his climbing mission. He had just spotted a branch he thought might be useful and was reaching his arms to grab it when suddenly the lesson was starting. Oh. Maybe he should climb later, then? Probably.

It took a lot of focusing to follow the story and understand what was happening. He did know who Apollo was. Greek God of...well a lot of stuff, actually. The sun, for one. Hence his chariot that he drove. So far so good. Then he started thinking about if he was this Phaethon guy. Driving Apollo's chariot would be fun, except running into the sun and setting fire to the earth was not so fur. Nor was getting struck by a thunderbolt. He imagined if that happened to him his sister would cry too. And her tears would turn into this tree? That was pretty cool.

Olly thought about the question for a moment before answering. "Well when it rains I imagine raindrops can fall down the trunk and that might look like tears."