The lady Athena taught the Trojans well, but the Acheans are winning.

Blood ran in torrents, drenched was all the earth,
As Trojans and their alien helpers died.
Here were men lying quelled by bitter death
All up and down the city in their blood.

Iris, for her part, has been running messages back and forth from the lady Athena to her priests within the city walls -- but even she was unprepared for the sacrilege of Ajax upon Cassandra.




It has been the longest of days.

Charles? Oh dear heart.