[IC] Mistletoe (old/new)

[acloneforever]

[Spain/Turkey/Kondo/Banjou/Mori/Malik/Superboy]

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[sharpasafawkes]

Then you've got more then a chance to change things, you've got to show people that more often. People, well at least me, don't mind doing work for someone so much as long as we're fond of them and they're honest with us. No, you can't explain everything sometimes, but if you do it enough, you'll get the lot to trust you.

[maleborgia]

I see.

Tell me, discreetly, when I am straying too far from this. I won't hold it against you.

[sharpasafawkes]

And I'll come back from it with all my limbs?

[maleborgia]

*surprisingly, not seeming to take that as a joke* Of course. I gave you my word, didn't I? I trust you, Shaun. You can trust me as well, at least a bit.

[sharpasafawkes]

...Do you really trust me?

[maleborgia]

*now he does grin a bit, and leans in*

To an extent. I won't lie and tell you that I trust you completely. You would not believe me anyway. But I do trust you, most than most people.

[sharpasafawkes]

Well, as long as you're honest about it.

[maleborgia]

There is no reason why I should not be. It is easier to save this sort of thing for situations that truly require it.

[sharpasafawkes]

I've got to ask, why don't you trust me? I figure it's a few things, but might as well clear anything up that's not true on my end, yeah?

[maleborgia]

I'm surprised you need to ask.

It is not so much that I actively mistrust you. It has just been a very long time since I was able to rely on anyone outside of a very small group of people. Perhaps I never was. Regardless, the idea that I can tell someone who is not a member of this circle something and not have to worry about them spreading it around or using it against me is a novel one.

[sharpasafawkes]

...That's a bit different then I thought it would be.

[maleborgia]

Is it?

[sharpasafawkes]

I thought it'd be more along the line of, "your group has a history of going after Borgias".

[maleborgia]

I am capable of looking at a person separate from his connections.

[sharpasafawkes]

Even if I'd still try and stop the Cesare from that world? Got to admit, unless Lucrezia really becomes a threat, I don't see any reason to go after her.

[maleborgia]

Now that... that is part of the problem. But at the same time I see no reason why we cannot work together here. We have the same goal in mind, or at least a similar one.

[sharpasafawkes]

I'd like to think so, I don't want it to turn out like either of those histories, not at all. As much as I hate to admit it, you're not too terrible, at least once you stop acting like a brat.

[maleborgia]

*pfft. "brat". gives Shaun a Look for that, but...*

Actually, you remind me of someone.

[sharpasafawkes]

Who?

[maleborgia]

My tutor, Francesco Remolines.

1/2

[sharpasafawkes]

...

[sharpasafawkes]

Well, yes [clearing his throat], I am teaching you English.

[maleborgia]

It's more than that.

[sharpasafawkes]

What, you nearly drove two teachers to drink?

[maleborgia]

You have a similar way of analyzing the situation. And a similar way of nearly driving me to drink.