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"You can stop hiding now" She said. She stood by the window, hands folded, calm but not cheerful. Telemachus slipped around the corner. "Can you explain this to me?" He asked, noted angrily that his voice was shaking. His mother turned to him. She was pale, her lips pursed, but there were no traces of tears. She was far from distraught, and yet she was the one who had said all those terrible things.

"Idon't think I have to. you overheard everything" He didn't hear the accusation in her voice, but he knew it was there. "Compared to what you want to do, eavesdropping is no offense" He hissed through clenched teeth, and immediately realized that he had overdone it. "Excuse me, are you suddenly ready to sit on the throne?" Her voice was cold as ice. Telemachus felt tears gathering under his eyes. He didn't want to cry.

"I'm sorry" She regained her composure quickly, but she didn't soften. "These aren't easy decisions. But this land belongs to our family, and I won't let it slip away from my hands. I will do whatever is necessary" The boy wiped his face with his wrist. "Do you think my father would be willing to do something like that?" He asked and immediately realized that he had made a huge mistake because he knew the answer. Penelope sighed, sounding very tired. "Your father is a wise man." She replied. Her son nodded, looking at the ground "You are too. More and more often, however, I hope that I have not inherited this from both of you"

Then he left, his steps a little too loud to be natural. She looked after him, sad. He would have found out anyway, but because he overheard her conversation with Ctimene, it was very brutal. Ctimene didn't deserve something like that, no. She deserved her husband, a bit too stiff, but brave and always ready to help, loyal to a fault. Penelope thought more than once that Eurycholes as a human being was simply better than her own husband. She couldn't be surprised at her friend that even after fifteen years she didn't want another man, how could she? But she and Ctimene weren't in the same situation. If Penelope had married the suitor, Odysseus would have been lost, deprived of the right to his own throne. But Ctimene… The suitors had to be calmed down. The king's sister's hand and womb would be a perfect way for them to stop trying to gain power, at least for a while. And after the return of the rightful king, they will be banished and Ctimene will return to the one she loves.

Penelope could imagine what a great sacrifice she was asking her husband's sister to make. But things had to be done if their family wanted to keep this kingdom, and if anyone had to make the difficult decisions, well. Better Penelope than Telemachus.