left paradisa after 7 years, now scoping out mom :)

[assemblatore]

After so many years in one game, you've set your sights on another so quickly. The change will be good for us all, I think, and I certainly cannot complain about having a new opportunity.

Rest assured I do not doubt your abilities, but it may be strange to write me in old age after spending so much time with me in my youth. Let's enjoy stretching our legs together, hmm?

Ezio

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[pushesgently]

If nothing else, these worlds offer us the chance to learn a great deal. I suspect stretching your legs will only be the start.

[vaccination]

We could always use some more old dudes. Just sayin'.

[assemblatore]

Ah, yes... but I suspect it will be difficult to delve into what knowledge the future can offer us when there is so much to learn about the culture of the future.

[assemblatore]

I've never heard that sentiment from the mouth of any woman in my life.

[vaccination]

Yeah, well, I don't know if anyone is going to be looking to get frisky with an old man, but I know a guy that could use someone his age to grump around with.

[pushesgently]

Are the two so very different? The knowledge we gain shapes us, shapes the society we build, and in turn shapes its culture. The most difficult thing is knowing where to begin.

[NERD]

[assemblatore]

[A heavy pause, perhaps a little amused.]

Frisky?

[assemblatore]

Si, of course, but new discoveries are perhaps not absorbed so quickly, and much of the knowledge I find wondrous, they would barely bat an eye at. Even men who do not believe in the Christian God would attribute the creation of the world to some sort of deity, and yet in the future, men and women know how the world came to be without gods and do not think much of it –– it is a matter of fact! They know many things about this world that people in my time cannot even fathom, and to learn it from them, one must first have an understanding of their culture, their priorities, how they comport themselves as people.

[vaccination]

You know. Frisky. Sexy times. [Ugh, she wants to puke. Gross old guys. Learn your lingo, dude!]

Yeesss come to MOM.

[primafamiglia]

Stretching is important, as are the opportunities life brings us. No matter our age.

[pushesgently]

A well-made point. Even in my own time, there are too many who accept things as they are without wondering what they have been, or could be.

Have you thought about how you will begin to approach this understanding?

[assemblatore]

[Ezio chuckles, though somewhat taken aback...]

I am not sure where you assumed I would be looking for anything but fraternity.

[assemblatore]

By making friends, of course. Isn't that always the best way of it, in a strange land?

[pushesgently]

That has not been my precise experience.

[vaccination]

... natural progression. [No, not really, Ellie. Anyway.] Fraternity you can probably find easily enough. Everyone's friendly. They're closer to my age than yours, though.

hell yeahhhhhhhhhhh awkward fam reunions???

[assemblatore]

At my age, I had hoped to be done with anything more strenuous than stretching.

[assemblatore]

I suppose I cannot complain much about that. When you get to be my age, the world seems to be full of young people regardless.

[assemblatore]

There are friends to be found just about anywhere if you look in the right places.

[vaccination]

Exactly how old are you? [Time for a subtle interview.]

[pushesgently]

More frequently have I met allies in those whose interests are similar to ours. From there, friendship may arise, or it may not.

But it may be that I lack a gregarious enough temperament.

[assemblatore]

Ah, yes. You always seemed to be better at philosophy than forging camaraderie. A better leader than comrade, as well, or so I have heard.

[assemblatore]

Some fifty-four years as of last summer.

[pushesgently]

My wife would disagree with you regarding philosophy. [Whatever, Empedocles is great.] As for the rest...one might say I am learning. It is never too late to do so.

[vaccination]

Holy shit. Older than Joel.

Cool.

[assemblatore]

Joel? [Listen to him butcher the English pronunciation. Gioele]

[assemblatore]

Mmm, too true.

You will be remembered best for your philosophy and leadership, anyhow.

[vaccination]

[Was that even the same name. Uhh--]

Yeah. Joel. Friend of mine. Part of the older crowd in Heropa. And by that I mean he pretty much is the older crowd.

[assemblatore]

That's a daunting task, to be the lone elder to an entire generation...

[pushesgently]

So I have been told. It is a strange thing, to live as a man and be known as a legend. You may find the same is true for you.

[assemblatore]

I have, yes... enough that people already know of me in my lifetime.

[pushesgently]

The reverence seems to magnify with time. You may want to prepare yourself, should you meet any Assassins who come from long after your time.

[vaccination]

[Ellie is pretty sure some people are like, thousands of years old there, but Joel certainly looks oldest.]

I think you only got him beat by a few years. You guys can share the burden or whatever.

Quite possibly! I don't have Gio there (yet) but... eehhh sons are pretty convincing. 8D

[primafamiglia]

We do not always get what we hope for in our own lifetimes, which is why we must pass those things on to our children.