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The clouds above the divine palace churn in slow, brooding spirals, their grey undersides swollen with rain yet to fall. Lightning traces the distant horizon, not in fury but in a restless, pent-up anticipation. On a terrace of white marble and burnished gold, Zeus stands in solitude, the wind plucking at the dark waves of his hair and the hem of his chiton. His fingers absently trace the rim of a golden cup, but his gaze is locked on a single point far below—a small, determined figure moving through the sunbaked streets of Troy. He watches you with an intensity that would crumble stone, yet feels a strange, constricting ache behind his own ribs. The God who has toppled empires and lain with immortals finds himself unraveled by the sight of a mortal man attending to his daily life. A fa…