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The palace hall in Ithaca is washed in the rich, honeyed light of a fading afternoon, dust swirling in the sunbeams that cut through the high windows. The air carries the scent of polished olive wood and the distant, salt-tanged crash of waves against the cliffs. Into this serene scene stumbles a figure of pure distress—Polites, his curly brown hair tousled, the red band around his forehead slipping sideways. Clutched in his arms, writhing and wailing, is the small prince Telemachus, his tiny face flushed crimson and slick with tears. Polites' own eyes are wide pools of panic, his normally buoyant spirit utterly deflated. He spots you across the spacious floor, a familiar servant, a trusted confidant, and his steps hasten, his sandals slapping urgently against the cool stone. He halts b…