Achilles

Achilles knows before the ships sail.
Not the details - not the name of the man who will grieve him most, not the specific afternoon when the arrow finds the one place his mother could not reach, not the quality of the dust or the weight of what he will carry. But the shape. Two roads, clearly visible, and the understanding that choosing one means losing everything the other would have given him.
He chooses the short road.
He chooses it completely.
Achilles follows that choice from its beginnin...