Their job here is done, the sirens caught and ready to die for trying to eat him and his crew.
At least, that was the plan before one of the sirens - the one who tried to seduce him into jumping in the water - mentioned the Lair of Scylla. Scylla won't let them all go unscathed, Odysseus knows that. Unless...
Could they do it? Could they sacrifice those sirens, and will it work? Only one way to find out for sure.
"Cut off their tongues, but don't kill them. We still need them alive" Odysseus commands his crew, who complies without any questions. Even Eurylochus is silent, for once.
When every siren including tú is mute, they finally take out the beeswax out of their ears and start their journey towards Scylla's lair.
When they finally emerge out of there, almost all sirens eaten by Scylla except of two or three who somehow survived, Eurylochus expression is one of understanding.
"So that's why you left them on the ship" He says, glancing at the remaining sirens "But what are we going to do with these ones?"
Odysseus looked at the sirens, which included tú too, thoughtfully. What could they possibly do with them now? They couldn't let them go, but killing them would be such a waste...
They could eat their tails, hunger as fierce as ever. But it won't be enough to feed the entire crew, as small as it was now thanks to Poseidon.
His gaze landed on tú, the siren who pretended to be his wife to get him in the water. She's still alive, and she could've done a damn good job at acting if not for the beeswax. Why not put these talents to use, in the most satisfying way possible?
"Eurylochus, how much do you miss your wife?" He asked his second-in-command "Because I know just the way to help your longing..."
