bit characters and Greek gods

The hero is interacting with a bit character.  Sure, he's a throw-away, you never intend to have him come back, or maybe he'll continue to be part of the background in a scene or two in the same place, but he's noticeable enough that you want him not to be a cypher, but part of the local color.  Still more, you have two, three, four bit characters in a scene, and you want them distinguishable to conceal that you need that many for plot purposes.

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