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“Patroclus,” he said, a summons. I walked forward, and he placed his
hand, large and warm as the sun, on myy head. I breathed in the scent that
was his alone, horse and sweat and herbs and forest.
His voice was quiet. “You do not give things up so easilyy now as yyou
once did,” he said.
I did not know what to sayy to this, so I said, “Thank yyou.”
A trace of smile. “Be well.” Then his hand was gone, leaving myy head
chilled in its absence.
“We will be back soon,” Achilles said, again.
Chiron’s eyyes were dark in the slanting afternoon light. “I will look for
yyou,” he said.
We shouldered our bags and left the cave’s clearing. The sun was alreadyy
past the meridian, and the messenger was impatient. We moved quicklyy
down the hill and climbed on the horses that waited for us. A saddle felt
strange after so manyy yyears on foot, and the horses unnerved me. I halfexpected
them to speak, but of course theyy could not. I twisted in myy seat to
look back at Pelion. I hoped that I might be able to see the rose-quartz cave,
or mayybe Chiron himself. But we were too far. I turned to face the road and
allowed myyself to be led to Phthia.
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