Chapter 6At noon the next day, the lookout spotted the island of Crete in the distance and shouted his discovery.
Theseus, who was on the stern of the ship at the time, closed his eyes and took a moment to himself. Now it begins, he thought.
Pirithous, standing at Theseus’s side, put a comforting hand around his waist and leaned his head against Theseus’s, conveying his support without needing to speak. They often didn’t need words anymore. The touch was enough.
When they beached the ship, they were met by a large convoy of Cretan soldiers. Unlike the full armor worn by the men in Athens, Minos’s forces were clad only in bronze helmets, gauntlets, and boots, with deep red capes clasped with gold pins. They wore nothing else, and Theseus found it difficult to look away from their hard, g
