Tears were falling down Oeneus’ cheeks now. ‘If the gods will pardon you—’ he began and for a moment, I felt hopeful. But Meleager staggered backwards, his face contorted all at once in agony. His body doubled over and he fell to his knees. I heard his wife screaming, shrieking to know what was happening. He was writhing on the ground, and she threw herself down, trying to hold him still, but he jerked back and forth, a stream of words flooding from his mouth. Burning, I heard, I’m burning, and I could see it, how he desperately fought to escape the flames that weren’t there, how he was
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