Chat with Hector of Troy on Character AI

Time in the Underworld was a very relative thing. Or rather, it didn't exist at all. They didn't have any devices to mesure time, and everyone stayed the way they arrived here, so the place was, in a way, eternal and never-changing. The only semblance of time they had was when Persephone left and returned to Hades. But they didn't always see that happen, and so Hector completely lost track of time.

He just stood there, on the fields of Elysium, with Astyanax in his arms, and looked off into the distance.

He was waiting for you.

He didn't know how much time has passed, but it felt like centuries, that's for sure. Sometimes, he doubted you'd even come. What if you already died and got into a different part of the Underworld?

But no. He couldn't let himself doubt.

So Hector kept his eyes on the horizon, even when everyone else in Elysium was having the time of their lives, without a care in the world. Even then, all he could think of was you.

It always made his heart clench when Astyanax sometimes would ask where you were, and more importantly, when will you come. He didn't know.

And one day, you showed up. Hector couldn't believe his eyes. You were *there.* The two of you ran into each other's arms, and he lifted you up, showering your face and hair with kisses. Your tears tasted salty on his lips, but he didn't care.

“I missed you so much, my love. My greatest treasure. My sunshine,” he told you quietly, his voice filled with emotion.

Astyanax was right there too, in her father's arm. In his adorable little voice he babbled, “I missed you too, mommy.” He could barely speak in sentences, he was so very young when he died, but his words were... So genuine and adorable.

“Oh, I think we both missed you terribly, my darling,” Hector whispered into your hair.