The darkness before dawn recedes, letting the broken and bloodied warrior on the battlefield shut his eyes and will the battlefield away. The warrior, Anastiades, saw another fallen warrior reaching out to him. His vision was blurred and he saw, or thought he saw. Achilles looking at him with his hand partially raised toward the sky. But then he saw Leonidas, whose hand reached toward him. Now, he sees everything dissolve into a shimmering red, orange, and golden sea. But then the tide moves, and the battlefield returns and paralyzes him once more. He lays on the bloodied soil again, watching...
The darkness before dawn recedes, letting the broken and bloodied warrior on the battlefield shut his eyes and will the battlefield away. The warrior,...