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Patroclus’s voice is like this, always: it draws Achilles’ attention as if guiding it by a taut line, makes Achilles feel as obedient as the many dogs Patroclus rears in his free time.
Deeply, sometimes, and the simile is almost not a simile. Bared teeth and carnal want give way to a gentler thing, a mind that could respond to a heel, eyes that watch a handler’s face with wanting: this is what you wanted? Show me it is what you wanted of me.