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Odysseus decides to spare the infant he finds in Troy, disregarding Zeus's warnings and his own fears for Ithaca. The story once laid before him by the Fates is now changed, and Odysseus will find himself fighting for family both at home and at his side.
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"If he closed his eyes, he could dull the violence behind him into a static hum. The shouts and shrieking steel could be mistaken for the crashing of waves into weather-beaten rocks. They were close enough to the coast for the wind to carry the smell of salt and brine to where Odysseus sat on Troy’s walls, at a crenel that opened to a view of the Aegean shore and its rivers. There was enough light to trace the churning waters and winding paths."