"The times and circumstances are different, yes." Achilles would be lying if there wasn't a little doubt. He didn't let anything stop him from his goals. He had already taken time off, and when he came back what would the limelight do to Polyxena? More importantly what would it do to a child? Though he too had protected that stone face, he and Patroclus knew each other through and through. Their moves were still those of men of old.