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the salt of sweat, tears, and the sea by elemmacil
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, Hades (Video Game 2018)
04 Mar 2023
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The bridge between Achilles’ mortality and divinity can, in one respect, be found at a shoreline. In another, it can be found in salt. And in yet another, it is in Patroclus’ arms.
The moon is high above them at this hour, and its rays cast Patroclus in a soft silver light that Achilles’ shadow does not interrupt. Each droplet of water and sweat shimmers against his dark skin, in his neat beard. Pearls and starlight. He is radiant. He is Achilles’.