Chapter 5-Refusing To Leave

Eudorus found Achilles sobbing at the base of a statue inside the temple. This, of course, alarmed Eudorus. Who, up until recently, had never seen Achilles cry. Sure after Briseis' death, Achilles had shed many tears but he had never sobbed. And what had scared Eudorus the most, was the fact that Achilles was crying in front of a god. A god ,he had made clear, that he hated. At first, Eudorus even thought Achilles was crying for the god.

Eudorus grabbed Achilles by the arm, helped him up, and led him out of the temple. Once outside, Achilles' legendary toughness returned.

"You did not have to lead me out of there like some pathetic child. I would have left eventually," he said fiercly.

"Yes I did. We both know you wouldn't have left on your own. Why were you in there anyway?"

Achilles remained silent.

"Was it because of the preistess?"

Achilles brooke out of his silence and snapped, "do not refer to her so plainly! Yes, she was one of the reasons I was in there but not the main one. If you must know, I had planned to destroy the temple."

"Why didn't you?"

Achilles thought for a moment. Why hadn't he burnt down the temple like he planned? Achilles was about to say he didn't know but Eudorus spoke first.

"It doesn't matter. What matters is tomorrow we're sailing home."

"No."

"No?"

"I'm not."

"What do you mean you're not?!"

"I'm staying here."

"Why?"

Achilles looked at Eudorus like he had no common sense.

"Memories."

"You can't stay in the past, Achilles! You'll never be immortal if you do!"

"Immortality doesn't matter to me anymore."

"But-"

Achilles held up his hand.

"Enough of this. I'm staying and that's final."

Eudorus shook his head as he approached Odysseus. Odysseus was watching over all the soliders who were preparing the boats to leave.

"Ah, Eudorus," he said when he saw him. "How did it go? Did you find him?"

"Yes and he's not coming."

"What?"

"He's staying here."

"Did you try to convice him to leave?"

"Of course I did but obviously it didn't work."

Odysseus made a move as if he wanted to talk to Achilles himself, but Eudorus placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him.

"Don't. He says he'll kill any man that tries to change his mind."

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