Sergei is an altruistic person. He had never used his wished for himself, but he had given his wish for others. He had wished that his sister would be cured of cancer, which was in a terminal stage. He had longed for a friend and had found one in Yoni.
Answer:
Only reluctantly does he allow Eurycleia to wash his feet. As she is putting them in a basin of water, she notices a scar on one of his feet. She immediately recognizes it as the scar that Odysseus received when he went boar hunting with his grandfather Autolycus.
