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“Have you ever bed a woman before, Patroclus?” Achilles slows a bit at the question. It came from Briseis, and Achilles knows he was not meant to hear it. He only had because he is just approaching the pair on the beach, where Patroclus is giving Briseis language lessons.
Achilles feels a stab of suspicion. He has seen the way Briseis watches Patroclus, though she knows they are together. But he has also seen the way Patroclus looks at her. It never revealed a hint of wanting, as his gaze for Achilles always does.
So Achilles recovers himself, confident in thinking he knows the answer. He waits, still out of sight, for the topic to change before announcing himself.
But there is a beat of hesitant silence before Patroclus says, “Once.”
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