(All credits go to thearchienatorrr on TikTok, my gods. This animatic had me nearly bawling, so go check it out. It'll break your heart.)

Athena stood at the edge of a cliff, just like how Odysseus had done with Calyspo. She was so tired... She just wanted to be put out of her misery.

Athena: All I hear are screams...

Ares approached her, putting his hands on her shoulders. He took one hand off. The hand that remained on her shoulder moved to rest on her upper back underneath her shoulder.

Ares: It will be fine, dear, come back inside dear... Sis, please... Come back to Olympus...

Athena: Let me see Odysseus...

Ares gripped her upper arm with the hand that was on her upper back.

Ares: I know your life's been hard... I'll stay inside your heart...

Athena: All I hear are screams!

Ares tried to pull her closer, but she pushed him away, her hands remaining on his chest.

Ares: I love you, my dear.

Ares gently grabbed her wrist as if afraid to break something fragile.

Ares: I loved our fight here. Life would be so much worse-

Athena: Just let me close my eyes!!

Ares: ... If you had died. Please, stay away from harm. Stay in my open arms...

Athena averted her gaze.

Athena: All I hear are...

Athena then had flashbacks. Pallas, holding out a hand to her, which she took, Poseidon throwing something that looked like a branch of berries in her head on the ground and stomping on it, and Metis, letting her go so she could exist like any other god or goddess. Then, she had flashbacks to what happened after Zeus struck her down for defying him. She had cut her hair after that. She ripped the bandages off her blind eye, revealing it. Her eyes were wide, her breaths coming out in short, labored gasps.

Athena: ODYSSEUS!!