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It is right to seek peace for the dead. You and I both know there is no peace for those who live after.
-TSOA, Madeline Miller
Achilles to thetis: *casually leaning on the side of a rock* hey, so, um, just wondering, hypothetically, can you see me up on mount Pelion?
Thetis: I cannot
Achilles: cool, coolcoolcoolcool, great, thanks. Anyway, I’ll be going now. Bye
(Achilles absolutely sprinting back)
Achilles to Patroclus: hey man, so, my mum can’t see us up here, wanna bang?
Achilles: Can you see us on the mountain?
Thetis: No. Why do you ask?
Achilles: No. Reason.
*later at the mountain*
Achilles: SHE COULDNT SEE US. FOR THREE YEARS.
Patroclus: Oh?
Achilles: FOR THREE YEARS. SHE COULDN'T SEE US. FOR. THREE. YEARS.
Patroclus: Mhm.
Achilles: THREE. YEARS.
Patroclus: Mhm.
Achilles: WE COULDVE BEEN FUCKING. FOR. THREE. YEARS.
Patroclus: Mhm.
Chiron: i ship it.
Thetis: What the fuck