#sorry I highjacked your post Niko :') I just realized this too despite the fact that I'm a person who loves pointing out that Odysseus

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I love the idea that it's both >:3

"Don't make me fight you, brother. I care about you and we both know I'm the stronger of the two of us and you will not survive this."

People forget Odysseus has the 4th highest "kill count" in the Iliad of the Achaean army (the other 3 being huge heavy hitters with Patroclus, Achilles, and Diomedes).

That number is ALL during the battles as he never killed the sleeping men during the night raid. One of these battles he did WHILE injured in the gut. He TIED with Greater Ajax at wrestling, one of the biggest dudes in the army. He took out the suitors with only a few other people on his side. He broke Irus' jaw in one swing and threw that iron discus.

Odysseus is a wily trickster who is only 100% loyal to his family and everybody else is hit or miss. He'll run away if he thinks shit could even POSSIBLY turn out bad for him but holy shit, he can really kick ass.

Not only that!!! But if it IS a threat, and Eurylochus DOES know, "I can't possibly win this", that shows that Eurylochus is that DONE. He's that tired and angry. Even if he knows Odysseus can and, most likely will, kill him, he would rather die than listen to Odysseus anymore.

I've always thought that the line "Don't make me fight you, brother" in Mutiny has two meanings. One, Odysseus does not want to fight the man he considers a brother. The other, Odysseus is more adept in battle, and he knows Eurylochus would most likely not make it out alive.

On one side, that line is a plea, on the other, it's a threat.