Odysseus had just returned to Ithaca. Penelope and Telemachus were ecstatic, and Odysseus was happy to be home. As much as Telemachus missed his father, a specific question kept running through his mind: "Where's Athena?" Athena is the Goddess of Wisdom, and Telemachus became friends with her around a month back. Eventually, his father noticed something was up with his son and decided to talk to him about it.

Odysseus: Telemachus? What's wrong, my son? You seem a bit sad.

Telemachus: Yeah, I-I just... I made a friend... And after our first meeting, I didn't see her again...

Odysseus: And who is this friend?

Telemachus: You wouldn't believe me...

Odysseus: You can trust me. I've seen unimaginable things that would make me sound crazy if it wasn't for the journey and the time it took to come back home.

Telemachus: This friend of mine... She's a goddess... An Olympian, even...

Odysseus: Which one? Aphrodite? Artemis? Hera?

Telemachus: Athena...

Odysseus felt himself freeze up, his eyes widening.

Odysseus: Athena... I haven't seen her in a decade...

Telemachus: You know her?!

Odysseus: I've known her since I was 12... A year before I became king. She mentored me and was by my side when I needed her... Until I disappointed her by sparing a cyclops' life. We argued, and she left. I haven't seen her since.

Telemachus: ... I think she talked about you. She opened up to me about why she helped me after I got beat up by the suitors. Based on what she said, I think she was talking about you... She felt guilty for leaving you to do everything by yourself with your crew... She also missed you... I encouraged her to find you. After that, she didn't come back...