[It isn't what she wants to hear, it isn't the pins and knives of blame that she's been slowly sinking in to her own flesh during the quiet times, in the dark, when she's alone and isn't drowning out those thoughts with the simple logistics of work, of taking care of Achilles.]
It could have been-
[Maybe Patroclus would still have died if Achilles had been with him in that instance. Maybe Achilles would have died instead, or with him. Maybe neither of them would have.
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It could have been-
[Maybe Patroclus would still have died if Achilles had been with him in that instance. Maybe Achilles would have died instead, or with him. Maybe neither of them would have.
She couldn't know, and she knows it, but.
That doesn't make it better. Or easier.]