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[tru_sojourner]

We have quite the change of scenery don't we?  But fortune shines on me, the people are still almost one in the same.  The amount of homeless beggars is quite excessive though.  I must say, Ithaca had never seen this many without food or shelter.  It makes me wonder who really runs this city

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[cursed_vision]

Well look at who it is.

[tru_sojourner]

You've been missing me, I'm sure.

[cursed_vision]

Oh so very much.

[tru_sojourner]

I hope you enjoyed the gift of a horse.

[cursed_vision]

Not really, but who would listen to me when I told my people not to accept it?

[tru_sojourner]

Well you know, it was quite hard to construct in such a short time. Such a gift was surely a sign of good will, my dear.

[cursed_vision]

Of course. It ended so well once you lot got into our city.

[tru_sojourner]

In favor of the Greeks, perhaps. But what is most fortunate is that you were sharp enough to see through my plan. It's clear that you are not absent of mind.

[cursed_vision]

Seeing through your plan didn't stop me from being raped or being given as a war prize so I don't see it as a good thing. And I never was absent of mind, I just would get distracted.

[tru_sojourner]

I am not your enemy here, my dear. I condone no raping, nor would any half-decent man of Ithaca. We still have our dignity.

And Ajax was quite the brute, I know. But you must wonder why he got the title Ajax the Lesser, for that is the truly what makes his story so sad.

[cursed_vision]

Odysseus, you may not have condoned my rape, but you are still a Greek who brought about the death of my city.

I can't say I do wonder why he got that title. Probably because he would stoop to raping a woman in Athena's temple. His story is pathetic, rather than sad. He had no honor.

[tru_sojourner]

One side had to lose, it was the will of Agamemnon.

And now you can see why his story is much much sadder than your own.

[cursed_vision]

Yes, one side did. Had Hector lived, it would have been you. At the point of our fall, our people were in shambles.

Ah, you misinterpret what I am saying. I do not find my story sad. My curse was brought upon me because of a choice I made; my rape and subsequent slavery do not make me sad-they make me angry. At the savagery of men and that I, a princess, and the other women in my family would be given out like pieces of meat. We deserved better. Hector deserved better than what was given to him at his death. That is what made me angry.

[tru_sojourner]

Then fortune smiled upon the Greeks that day.

If you are angry at human nature, then you are free to be. But the wars, the slavery, and even the age of monarchy is over.

And don't forget, it was Young Prince Paris who had killed a man I felt a close kinship to. But even in his death, Achilles' recognition as a warrior and a killer pale in comparison to the beauty that lives on eternally in his love for a Trojan woman.

Truth be told, fortune smiles kindest on those who can forget the pain that both sides suffered - there is something much more beautiful in what we left behind in that war than what actually happened.

[cursed_vision]

It may be over, but the feelings from the war haven't ended.

Paris started the war and I certainly do not hold him in high esteem. Achilles had my brothers and sisters killed to suit his whims.

The day I forgive the Greeks is the day I see Ajax's death.
I no longer want to discuss this with you, Odysseus. Maybe I will be able to again later, but, for now, I cannot.

[tru_sojourner]

As you request, my dear Cassandra.