He was avenging Patroklos, his friend, whom Hektor had killed.” The boy considered this intently. “He was his best friend of all?" “Yes, from when they were boys together.” “Why didn’t Achilles save him first, then?”
So who gonna tell little Alexander that Achilles was cause of Patroclus' death? 🥲
𝙀𝘿𝙄𝙏- nvm, he came to that conclusion quite easily.
“He was stopped by the boy’s shocked stare. ,...“He couldn’t do that! He was a general! And he sent a junior officer; when he wouldn’t go! It was his fault Patroklos died.” “Oh, yes, he knew. He had sacrificed him to his pride. That was why he fulfilled his death-fate.”