multiple canons, because I can

[sforza]

Stop rolling your eyes when you come across whining about how I am an "unfit mother" or how I am too much of a "bitch." If they cannot handle me as a mother or a woman who walks amongst men, then they'll surely suffer when they see me at my best. Just imagine what they'd say if they knew how much further I am prepared to go to maintain and secure Forlì's freedom.

People who swear allegiance to those Borgia whores know nothing. Let them whine. They won't accomplish even a quarter of the things I've done with my life.

And before I forget... the next time I see a Borgia boy, his lips will be wrapped around one of my cannons, even if I must break his jaw to achieve it. We'll send whatever's left to his dog of a father, and see if the bastard dares ask for Forlì's fealty again.

Until then, I'll be with my children.

- Caterina Sforza

Comments

[mentore]

[This one? He's just smirking at all of this.]

[sforza]

Ah, Ezio. [A smirk back.] It has been a while.

[mentore]

It has, indeed. I have not seen many others for some time now.

[sforza]

And women like me are a rare breed.

How have you been?

[mentore]

They truly are.

The same as always. I come and I go, as the bambina sees fit.

[sforza]

And who is your bambina? [Curious.]

[mentore]

My mondana.

[Because she's like a tiny speck of nothing in stature.]

[sforza]

You and your pet names.

Scrittrice is a boring name, but it works for mine.

[mentore]

It works well for mine. She is... not the most mature of mondanas sometimes. I have not suffered much in that way but there are times I do not understand her.

[sforza]

Such as?

[mentore]

I would not know where to begin with her.

[sforza]

The most exciting parts, of course.

[mentore]

The most exciting?

[SIGH.] We have been through much, and I know you are not one to listen to such boring stories.