Ah. Well. My first time up, I discovered the hard way that one tied to the Underworld, such as myself, can't survive long on the surface. Sooner or later the Styx calls me home, and I wind up back at the House. Back where I started.

[Inside the Colosseum now, Zagreus pokes around a bit before finding a back passage that leads up into the stands, and motions Alucard to follow him.]

I suppose you could say he wanted Elysium for someone else. He traded his spot away. Gave it up so someone else of his choosing could fill it. I'm surprised my father honored it, he's not usually so kind to shades. But — on the other hand, it's Achilles, so...