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Nov. 18, 2021, 5:26 a.m.
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- Patroclus knew three things as he died.
First: If Achilles had loved Patroclus more than his own godsdamned pride, he’d have joined the battle and the Greeks would have won the day.
Second: if Achilles had loved Patroclus more than his own godsdamned glory, they would never have joined the war in the first place. They might have lived out their days together in peace, far from the bloody plains of Ilium. And Patroclus would not have died in a foreign land, alone.
Third: Death had stripped away the pain in his body. The pain in his soul remained.
