[ elsa's gift is sitting right beside him. odyssey remains closed for now, but the iliad he has open, turned upside down on his chest so he can pick it back up easily. ]
Yeah. [ he smiles. despite the memories he has with the book, elsa had done him a favour. he'd avoided the greek section of the bookstores, always picking up a book or two on every other mythology — christian, egyptian, irish — and avoided that particular spine. she'd done what he hadn't been strong enough to do. ]
[ it's only a book. but he feels like he can hear mom's voice reading to him again. ] I'm reading The Iliad right now. Couldn't put it down until you called.
[ looking at the book tented on his chest, after a moment, he says, ] Thank you.
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Yeah. [ he smiles. despite the memories he has with the book, elsa had done him a favour. he'd avoided the greek section of the bookstores, always picking up a book or two on every other mythology — christian, egyptian, irish — and avoided that particular spine. she'd done what he hadn't been strong enough to do. ]
[ it's only a book. but he feels like he can hear mom's voice reading to him again. ] I'm reading The Iliad right now. Couldn't put it down until you called.
[ looking at the book tented on his chest, after a moment, he says, ] Thank you.