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    “What are you carving?” a few of the children ask, the younger ones hiding behind the backs of their older, braver siblings.
    “I don’t know yet,” the king replies. “But I think it’s important.”

     

    Or: In which Odysseus amasses a small army of Ithacan children, a very large army of wooden soldiers, and the support system to heal just that little bit further.

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    The walls. They are so tall, with mist shrouding the bottoms, and the night is so deep. The clamour rising out of the city behind him would cover any noise - all he has to do is relax his grip, and he avoids offending the gods and cuts off a threat to his family before it can grow. He wouldn’t even hear a cry or the sound of it hitting the rocks below.

    His stomach twists, and he blinks liquid that isn’t rain from his eyes.

    “Forgive me, O Chronodes,” he says, bowing, mind racing, “but if neither myself nor my good son can defend our home adequately by the time this boy is old enough to challenge us, then may Ithaca burn, and us with it.”

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    Odysseus can't bring himself to kill Hector's son.

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    24 Oct 2025

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    More than a year into the Trojan war, Diomedes notices that Odysseus is stressed enough to start losing composure, and wants to help relieve his tension before he burns himself out.

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    19 Oct 2025

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    09 Oct 2025

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    it's SAGE HELL YEAH

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    Even after returning home to her, Odysseus has trouble remembering who it is he’s with. Penelope has an idea to help remind him.

     

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    Penelope bites Odysseus to show him exactly whose he is (and it isn’t that goddess’s). Odysseus certainly isn’t opposed to the reminder- or a few dozen more, either.

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    17 Sep 2025