Chapter 6
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Chapter 6
Agamemnon looked into the vault of heaven and prayed saying, "I call Jove the first and mightiest of all gods to witness, I call also Earth and Sun and the Erinyes who dwell below and take vengeance on him who shall swear falsely, that I have laid no hand upon the girl Briseis, neither to take her to my bed nor otherwise, but that she has remained in my tents inviolate.
Then he cut the boar's throat.
I formed the words with my mouth in silence. The Erinyes who dwell below and take vengeance. I closed the book of Iliad. Heavy stuff.
I played with my lips for a while.
I took my new phone and went to the bathroom. After a touch up I started taking selfies on the mirror, the light is excellent there, I’m getting tons of likes.
Click. Nope, another pose.
Click. Nah.
Click. Click.
Oh man, it’s smudgy again. Zoom it and print, dad should really get this feedback so they can fix it.
Wait, is that a face?
Is that…
Is that thing behind me?
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