It would appear so, Naams.
Alas, it also means I never got to introduce a side-character, a scion of Hephaestus named John Smith. A happily manic mad
scientist engineer.
"Why would you build something like this?"
"For fun! Well, for science. Well, for engineering, technically, but that doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as 'for science.'"
"Are you going to switch it on?"
"Oh, yes! Just needed to fix one last thing. Here we go!
Allons-y!"
Why, yes, who do you think I had pictured in my mind for him?