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Uff 💔❤️‍🩹

So much of this is philoctetes bro bc like ow my foot hurts like girl get over it

“Where is Patroclus when you need him?” Well.

PHILOCTETES. I loved the feel of it, / Its grip and give, and the grain / That was seasoned with my sweat. / When I held it, I had a hold / On the crossbeam of the world. / I was the wind and the trees / And the pillar of Herakles.

PHILOCTETES. But the wheel is turning, the scales are tilting back. Justice is going to waken up at last. The gods were only biding time and the time has come. ... there's a shape to this that's bigger than you know. Your eye's so jaundiced, you can't se the balance shifting and weighing down against you - but I see it, and my heart is singing.

"Never, son, forget / How risky and slippy things are in this world. / Walk easy when the jug's full, and don't ever / Take your luck for granted. Count your blessings / And always be ready to pity other people."

odysseus is actually insufferable here