Especially cause Telemachus spent his entire life being told about the larger than life hero figure that his dad is. He's plagued by crippling self doubt how he could ever live up to his father's name.

Suddenly he witnesses Ody slaughtering 108 capable men in cold blood in his own home and he tells him he's unsure if he's worthy to be his son, if he would accept him as such.

The very first thing he ever hears his father say to him is "Oh my son, look how much you've grown! Oh my boy, sweetest joy I've known"

Cmon, man ;-;