Quote Originally Posted by ShadowMeowth View Post
From the world of arts' perspective, an encore is demanded by the audience when they enjoyed the performance so the show keeps going on. Hades' speech is pretty much directed at /us/, the players, basically saying, "since you wanted for me something more than my closure (death) I will not let the curtan completely fall, and if you desire so, I will take the stage for an encore". How can we do that? Azem's crystal. That is his final word: "encore". His part is over, but through the crystal we can call upon his aid. Of course Hades would weave a poem for his "exit, stage left", the drama nerd he is. This is amusing and badass both: he is composing his very own elegy, only to say "it is not entirely over". See: "(Ere The Curtain Falls) I bid the curtain—pause."
Well yeah, I know what an encore is - and it's pretty clearly referring to his reappearance in 5.3.

So he's had his encore already, and is that supposed to mean we won't be seeing him another time from here on?