[Like a lion after its prey, Achilles springs into action at once. The man is a thief, the matter is as simple as that to one who divides the world into the honorable and the dishonorable.]
This snake shall not escape!
[His sandaled feet are unnaturally quiet on the pavement, his grace a gift of his mother's divine blood. He strides at first alongside Jester, but soon she will see his back ahead of her as his limbs scythe a swift path toward the docks. He is not Odysseus, the wily craftsman of plans: his plan for the present is only to run as fast as he can. As it turns out, this is very fast.]
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This snake shall not escape!
[His sandaled feet are unnaturally quiet on the pavement, his grace a gift of his mother's divine blood. He strides at first alongside Jester, but soon she will see his back ahead of her as his limbs scythe a swift path toward the docks. He is not Odysseus, the wily craftsman of plans: his plan for the present is only to run as fast as he can. As it turns out, this is very fast.]