#revised this to work w the Thunder Saga

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REVISED, POST-THUNDER VERSION:

EURYLOCHUS: “Hey Captain, I’m worried about how since we got that bag you’ve…you know…stopped sleeping? I was thinking maybe I should take a turn so you can…Captain? Hello?”

ODYSSEUS: (turns to him excitedly) “Penelope?”

EURYLOCHUS: (taking a step back) “Um, no, sir, it’s just me.” (looks closer) “By the Gods, man, you look awful!”

ODYSSEUS: (hallucinating like no tomorrow) “I can’t wait to make some new memories!”

EURYLOCHUS: “Yeah, we’re all excited to get home. Listen. Captain. You really need some sleep.”

ODYSSEUS: “Telemachus!” (tries to hug him)

EURYLOCHUS: (dodges) “Captain, can you even hear me right now?”

ODYSSEUS: “Time for me to be the father I never was.”

EURYLOCHUS: “Captain! Snap out of it!”

ODYSSEUS: “Why are my eyes and my heart and my soul so heavy?”

EURYLOCHUS: “Because you haven’t slept in nine days. That’s it, this is ridiculous. I’ll watch the bag, you go rest.”

ODYSSEUS: “I keep on trying to embrace you both, why won’t you let me?”

EURYLOCHUS: (in frustration) “Captain, this is stupid! It’s been nine days. A man can’t function without sleep. You should have shared these duties from the start!”

ODYSSEUS: (raving) “So much has changed, but I’m the same.” (flinging his arms around EURYLOCHUS)

EURYLOCHUS: “No, you’re not! You’re a mess! You’re killing yourself! Over this damn bag!” (he kicks the BAG angrily down the deck) “And why? Because some god told you to? The gods are dangerous, Ody!”

ODYSSEUS: (muttering incoherently) “I’m the same…”

EURYLOCHUS: “For all you know, Aeolus was lying to you! Playing with your head just to see what you’d do! I bet there’s nothing even in this bag! This is all a game to them. I bet it’s empty!” (eases ODYSSEUS down onto the deck) “I’m putting an end to this. Now.” (walks to the BAG and picks it up) “Before someone gets hurt.” (opens the BAG)

(The STORM suddenly rages.)