Hades stared at Nico. "What exactly are you doing?"

Nico threw the basketball to Cerberus. "What does it look like I'm doing?"

Cerberus's middle head caught it. The other two heads started barking. The basketball popped.

"Cerberus likes red rubber balls. I figured that since basketballs were bigger, they might work out better." Nico inspected the five popped basketballs. "I think I need a sturdier ball."

"You do realize that people have used that trick to get past Cerberus in the past, don't you?"

"Of course. Who do you think told me about this?"