What did I think?
The life I had hoped to save in Ephesus had been lost, but another life had been saved.
The woman with whom I first knew bliss had not been pining for me ever since, but had found true love with another woman.
I had learned that my voice was precious to me. I would never be mute again, even if to speak was to put myself in danger.
Had the Fates steered me to Ephesus, as Kysanias believed, or was the world ruled by chance-and mischief? I touched my lucky lion’s tooth and gazed at the sparkling waves at the far horizon, and wondered where my life would take me next.