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[The locket seems to be left on while on top of a desk. Papers encompass most of the shot, but there's a particular one with the seal of an eagle with wheat and arrows in its talons for those who don't know it's the crest of the Fortuna family in Treun. Lucrezia comes into the shot, sweeping in all dressed up, and hands another letter to two guards.]

Please tell your master I am grateful for his offer. [She fixes the ring on her finger, the one with the same crest as the ring. She smiles, proud of herself before she lets the men go and moves to grab the locket. It doesn't seem to phase her that it's on, but she still has that same satisfied grin.]

I suppose I should announce it then. My true name here is now Lucrezia Borgia of the Fortuna family. [Because Borgia still means something to her, as strange as having a family and being adopted is. Having no one but herself for nearly a year, she's climbed up from nothing to having a name here. She hasn't and will not forget Borgia, but being a Fortuna means something here.]

I wonder how many of my family members are shardbarers. [It's offhanded and said with a slight hum, more proud at herself than anything. She switches off the feed then.]

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It is very silly to pick a family that isn't shardbearing.

[That is a really failed logic to him. Shardbearers and and those that might face very different situations in the future, and while one can claim that family on the outside of a situation is helpful because they can help better, he has made the experience that such help will simply not be granted. So this seems like a very silly thing to do to him.]

Why? They have power here, station, a city. [And some were former shardbearers. In truth she cares little for the war herself, but to have some of what she used to have back home is her priority.]

And they have problems that are not yours, yes? And you have problems that aren't theirs, so they will easily drop you again.

That is not what family does, and certainly not the Fortuna family. [If anything she will be more of an asset to them.]

Humans kill their family a lot when they are nobles or have a lot of power.

We do many things to many people, regardless of relation. But family should mean more. [Though she's aware of what she is saying, and it does not cause her to not wish death upon her one brother. What he has done has earned him it.]

Family means that you feel differently about each other than if you weren't related, but that only means that you feel more strongly, yes?

[The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference, and all that. It's not so much a problem with his sisters, but looking at some other people...]

Yes. [She confirms with a nod of her head.]

It is not that one cannot be cruel or unkind, but that there is first an obligation to family.

But other obligations can become more important.

[And that is a very real concern in this world. Conflicting obligations can become bad things happening quickly in a world where political entities are in relatively close proximity and war is always close by.]

It should not though. But then many say 'for the family' in response to their own ambitions.

[Regardless of how damaging their 'obligations' are to members of their family.]

People can be very mean when you're not strong enough to keep them from it.

They will use any means necessary, and mask their ambitions as whatever they wish to call it. 'Family' can be as much an excuse.

And why do you think that your new family won't use that mask?

Because I am not just a use here. What can they gain for me that my true family has not already tried?

I don't know.

[He just has people using others who were weak too often before. Which is why he wants to become strong so he can have friends.]

Then you must come to Treun and see for yourself. [She is an asset, and she knows it, but she thinks herself better here. After all she has managed to build this legacy so far.]

Is Treun safe for Seelie and Unseelie shardbearers?

[Because he is curious about all the places, but he's also still not sure where to stay would truly be safe for both himself and his "father".]

To co-exist? Perhaps the safest. It is rather neutral here. Some may have their preferences, but the Fortunas have not yet taken a side.

Then both me and my lord father can visit.

[Which ...makes a visit possible. And Maglor will have places to sing at.]

You must tell me when. I shall make arrangements for you and him. Use my name when you come.

I will!

[Getting Maglor around people is always worth it, and someone making arrangements for them might mean that he'll even get to talk to people outside of singing for them.]

Congratulations. I briefly met the governor, a while back.

My thanks. [She dips her head, still pleased.]

We seem to be in the minority then. Or at least they speak of him like he is more ghost than being.

I wasn't able to speak to him for long, and it wasn't in the best of circumstances -- we were attending a funeral. Still, he seemed like an interesting guy.

[ What with the tentacles. ]

Was it for his sisters? [Because she's very much aware of that, but she didn't know exactly when that happened. Lucrezia was merely one of the first people to get him to see people again.]

No. [ Well. He's pretty sure Alyosha isn't one of his sisters, anyway. ] For a mutual friend -- Alyosha of Redgate, killed by Reynard the Fox.

Ah, I have heard of her, but did not know something had happened. [She bows her head solemnly.]

I am sorry for your loss.

Several months ago, now. Killed by Reynard the Fox.

[ And now a vampire, but John hadn't exactly known that at the time. ]

Thank you. I hadn't heard about the governor's sisters, so... [ insert awkward gesture that basically means 'the same' here. ]

I had not met them, but I could not imagine such a loss. My family has been under assassination, but by the Grace of God, we are all well.

[Though should Juan suddenly parish, she will not shed a tear.]

My parents died when my sister and I were kids. She's all I've got left.

[ He would not do well if she died. ]

We have spoke on her. [And the air feels all the heavier.]

I could not imagine a life without my parents. My condolences. [Though they have certainly made things difficult-- her father more than her mother, that does not mean she would wish that sort of thing on them.]

Yeah.

[ A sigh. ]

It was a long time ago. But thanks.

[She smiles gently, timid and yet kindly all the same. She does not want to stomp on delicate feelings.]

You then know the importance of family. I have been without mine for too long here. And yet, I would hope they are proud of me.

[What. What. Cesare is still very new to the lockets, but good God, he's trying. There is a flash of his confused face, then nothing as he tries to reconnect.]

[The image of him is sudden, but it is a face she has not seen in some time. She reaches to touch the image before it flickers off.]

--Cesare! [Lucrezia blurts out, holding onto the locket in hopes that he'll return.]

[It takes him a moment but he's back, his expression stern, concerned.]

Lucrezia. Where are you, Sis?

[It seems to not be a dream, and she's all the more relieved when his face flickers back onto the locket.]

Treun, to the very south. And you? Have you come back again or have I been remiss in checking the newly arrived? [Though she was in Caer Glaem during the feast, she does not think him to be in Seelie countenance.]

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The Fortunas are not very discriminating when it comes to adding to their family, it seems.

[It's only kind of a joke. Congrats on being related to a tentacle monster, Lucrezia.]

Would you like them to be? [She raises an eye when she sees who replies, though there is a friendly smile to match.]

It was merely an observation. What they do or don't do is hardly any concern of mine. I assume you intend to stay in Treun.

I had no intention of leaving.

Then send the Governor my regards. I doubt I will be returning to the city any time soon.

[You know, war, Seelie territory, that sort of thing.]

I will. [She smiles gently enough, understanding the circumstances.]

War is a troublesome thing.

Troublesome is what you call it when it is miles away. Do not assume Treun is immune.

[She seemed intelligent enough, but not really suited for war at all.]

I would never be so bold in times such as these. [She merely has status in her favor.]

Good. Should I survive this, perhaps we will cross paths again. Until then, prepare for an inevitable conflict.

I shall, and I assume you will do the same. Until we meet again.

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