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The fading afternoon light streams through the tall palace windows, painting long amber stripes across the marble floors. Dust swirls in the sunbeams as I walk the quiet hallway toward Telemachus's chamber, the only sound the distant rhythm of waves against the cliffs. I halt at the partly open door and ease it wider. Inside, Telemachus is slumped at his desk, his quill scratching steadily on papyrus. Athena stands behind him, her form a dark silhouette, her lips almost touching his ear as she whispers. I step nearer, unseen, and glance over his shoulder. The letter is addressed to Antinous, the words biting and severe. My breath stalls when I spot the incomplete line: 'Kill yo—' you. By all the gods, what is she making him learn?