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Cyrus spoke many such things. Finally, his mother departed, but Cyrus remained and was brought up there. He quickly blended with his peers so as to be on familiar terms, and he quickly became attached to their fathers as well, approaching them and making it clear that he welcomed their sons, so that even if they needed anything from the king, they would order the boys to ask Cyrus to arrange it for them. Cyrus, whatever the boys asked of him, through his kindness and love of honor, made it his highest priority to accomplish it.

And Astyages, whatever Cyrus asked of him, was unable to refuse or deny him a favor. For even when he fell ill, Cyrus never left his grandfather, nor did he ever cease weeping. It was evident to all that he was extremely afraid that his grandfather might die. Even at night, if Astyages needed anything, Cyrus was the first to perceive it, and of all people he jumped up most unhesitatingly to serve him, whatever he thought would please him, so that he completely won over Astyages.

And perhaps Cyrus was rather talkative, partly because of his upbringing, as he was forced by his teacher both to give an account of what he did and to receive an account from others about what he judged. Furthermore, because he was eager to learn, he himself was always asking those present how things happened to be, and as for what he himself was asked by others, because he was sharp-witted, he answered quickly, so that from all these things, much talk was accumulated by him. But just as in bodies, when those who are young have attained size, there still appears in them something youthful that betrays their few years; so in Cyrus, from his talkativeness, there did not appear arrogance, but a certain simplicity and affection, so that one would desire to hear even more from him rather than to have him remain silent.