A Night With Eumaios

So I found Eumaios outside of his hut. He didn't recognize me with Athena's disguise on. He was very nice still and let me in. He was very hospitiable. I had some delicious pork that he had made. He told me of the stories of his master. His master was me, not the me that was withered and old, but the one who was powerful and loving. He feared that his master was to be lost forever. I had never heard anyone's honest opinion about me before and I found it quiet interesting. Just imagine someone telling you ever honest thing that they loved or hated about you to your face, thinking you were someone else. I might have had some crazy adventures in my life but that was quiet an experience. I sucked it in and swallowed it whole as he told me of his love for his old master and his hatred for his new masters, the disgusting suitors. I predicted to the man that his master would be back soon and that he was still alive but he would not hear of it. He said that old men like me came around all the time to see Penelope and tell her lies of my whereabouts. This made me kind of angry knowing all of these other men were trying to steal my woman. I could tell the Eumaios liked me though which was comforting. He let me stay the night and when I was cold he gave me a cloak to wear. He asked me where I was from and I lied and told him I was from Crete and that I had fought with Odysseus at Troy and had made it home safely. But on an unfortunate trip to Egypt things happened and I ended up in poverty. On my way back I heard information about Odysseus and I was here to report it. Sometimes you have to lie to tell people the truth.