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Pretty much what I expected.

I didn't see the General for more than a minute today.

Odysseus stopped by my quarters very early to tell me that we needed to redistribute the men, and to make sure every ship had a helmsman.

He said he was going to be very busy and then went back to his cabin.

I ate breakfast with Macar, Misenus, Polites and Elpenor.

Aside from inquiring about Misenus' leg (which had been trapped under a Ciconian cart), we didn't directly discuss yesterday's debacle.

Macar made some suggestions on how we should move our resources about, but that was about it. I'd like to say that everyone just wants to get home, but I don't think that's actually the case.

In fact, I feel like we are in some odd kind of place outside of time.

Speaking for myself, I feel completely detached from anywhere. I'm sure part of me misses Ithaca, but I just can't feel it. To be honest, I probably miss Troy more. Unfortunately, we burned it to the ground.

Despite the fact we are sailing home, I think we are lost at sea.

Anyway, Macar and Polites helped me reorganize the fleet today. I didn't ask for Polites to go, but after I recruited Macar, he volunteered. I think he just wanted to get out on the Lil' Tethys. I don't blame him. -It is kind of refreshing.

Elpenor offered to join us after Polites did, but Polites suggested there wouldn't be enough room if we had to move officers about. That wasn't necessarily true. However, it was good to see some things were returning to normal, so I didn't object.

Elpenor left us soon after.

The rest of the day turned out to be pretty nice.

Antiphus kept us entertained as we spent the afternoon going from ship to ship. Besides some good jokes, he has a pretty good impression of General Thoas. (Thoas was the good-looking Aetolian general that joined us in the Horse.) I didn't realize it until now, but Thoas always had this dramatic way of whipping his hair out of his eyes. Antiphus had it down pat.

Damn, I kind of miss the beachhead.

Antiphus' humor eventually put Polites in a good mood, which was also nice to see. Unfortunately, it also encouraged Polites to do some impressions of his own, including one of Epeius’ mouth-breathing.

Apollo's Ass, Polites sucks at impressions. I really ought to tell him. -I'm just glad Elpenor wasn't there.

The other highlight of our day was due to some sheep Mnestheus and his Samians managed to capture before things went to hell yesterday.

As Mnestheus' Sea Dragon was our first stop, we decided to divide the Ciconian sheep amongst our ships. This meant the Lil' Tethys was packed full of wool.

We had a pretty funny accident on our first delivery. One of our ships had lost its helmsman, and I selected Perimedes to fill in. Thus, after fetching him from the flagship, we delivered both Peremides and a sheep to this vessel. Perimedes climbed aboard first, and after proudly announcing he was to take command, he reached down to the Lil' Tethys to grab a frantic sheep from Macar.

What happened was predictable. Even standing on the Lil' Tethys' bow, it was quite a stretch for Macar to reach the deck of Peremides' new ship. As a result, Macar ended up with a hold onto the sheep's rear legs, and Perimedes had the front. Upon hitting a big swell, Macar either had to let go or be pulled up with the sheep.

Macar let go of course, and the dangling sheep pulled Perimedes in.

Luckily, Perimedes didn't hit our bow on the way down.

As Perimedes had just assumed command, we did everything we could not to laugh. However, once we had dropped him and his water-logged sheep off, we just lost it.

The rest of the day, Antipus kept saying: "Mother of Baaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"

We used a rope to deliver the rest of the flock.