"I could have prepared him for it. His life may have turned out differently. He may have been more like Patroclus." Though both boys had had a temper on them that could split whole countries down the middle. "I think Fate decided for us that he would end up a wandering soldier forever looking for a battle to fight." Achilles had a restlessness inside that Peleus had grown out of in old age. He could move on and his son was always in a constant struggle. That was hard for any father to see unfold before him.