Status Updates From Elektra

‘Tell me more about the war,’ he said.
‘Tell me about the battles Father has won.’

I summoned up all my powers of imagination.

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this is peak blind leading the blind

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“He quarrels with your father. King Agamemnon has taken his prize, a slave-girl won by Achilles.”

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so how is she pissed off at her mom but not her dad’s extramarital affair? IDIOT.

J’adore Cassandra 🥺
Aussi je me demande pourquoi le livre s’intitude Elktra mais j’imagine que je vais le découvrir par la suite ? 😅

“What was the loss of a parent compared to that of a daughter? I didn’t want him here, comparing his grief to mine.”

“But I forgave Aegisthus his intrusion. I was grateful for the scene he had drawn for me, the taste of his hatred in my mouth. I wasn’t so alone in my grief any more; not so alone in my rage. “

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very very complex.