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[markofborgia]

You said that you would wait a month. You've been saying that for a week now, that you need to see how things "work out" for me, and then you'd take me somewhere that I can cast off these damnable robes and take the place we both know I deserve.

But I'm getting impatient, dear lady. We have both seen what is to happen, that I will again be neglected my heart's desire. Perhaps you cannot remedy that, but you can at least remove me from suffering the indignity of the situation.



What do you mean, "unless Juan shows up too"?

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[markofborgia]

It was not my decision, and I did not know he was a brute until it was too late. I was opposed to her being married at all, but I do not hold the power to contest the will of His Holiness.

[He pauses, then continues, his tone even more serious.]

I have made it up to her now, as much as I was able to.

[assassino]

[Ezio pauses as well. There are a great many things he could say to that, but he knows lectures mean little from strangers.]

Is he dead?

[markofborgia]

He had... an accident. A very unfortunate accident.

[assassino]

Good.

But you cannot fuck it up again. The next time your father tries to marry her off again... you intervene.

[markofborgia]

I think she is more than capable of intervening on her own behalf, this time around.

[assassino]

Do you think he will care about her opinions, when the marriage would benefit him?

[markofborgia]

I think he would rather hear her demands than fish her out of the Tiber.

[assassino]

I hope you're right.

[markofborgia]

I am almost certain I am. I do not have the time to oversee the suitors myself, but I trust my sister and my father's love for her -- he has no more desire to see her hurt again than anyone else.

And she knows that she need only say a word to me, and I would come save her from the very depths of Hell.

[assassino]

I'd hope so, but I wonder why you didn't the first time. I broke my sister's fiancé's arm before the bastard got a chance to touch her. She wouldn't have had to say a word.

[markofborgia]

I am not a mind reader. Based on his behavior at the wedding, I could not have guessed he would have behaved in such a way toward her, and when I saw her afterward, she would not confirm my suspicions. A man in my position cannot go around exacting vengeance for anything he is less than sure of, not when the recipient would be someone on the level of a Sforza.

[assassino]

And that is why you are a Cardinal.

[markofborgia]

[Cesare might sound a little bitter.]

Yes. That is why I am a Cardinal.

[assassino]

Are you waiting for God to change that?

[markofborgia]

No. I am making every attempt to change it myself.

[assassino]

But you don't care enough to overthrow the people in your path.

[markofborgia]

The people in my path are not exactly people I can overthrow.

[assassino]

Suit yourself, Cardinal.

[markofborgia]

Perhaps I just value family more than you do, madman.

[assassino]

I very sincerely doubt that.

[markofborgia]

I would not suggest you overthrow yours.

[assassino]

[Ezio doesn't reply. He would demand Cesare overthrow the Borgia gamily because of Ezio's family.

Calmly:]

We'd have different reasons for it. But no matter: your sister is safe with me.

[That's almost a touch smug.]

[markofborgia]

It's never too late for me to start ensuring that my sister be treated as I think she should.

[LIKE A PERFECT PURE ANGEL, STAY AWAY FROM HER]

[assassino]

Good thing she's already plenty satisfied with her treatment, then.

[markofborgia]

You are going to regret your implication, Auditore. If that is even a real name.