wake up time

[cardinalsinned]

[ This is probably the second worst way to wake up, in a hospital bed with Juan there watching. ]

What... happened to me?

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[foundjuanting]

But would you ride beside me Cesare? I've been riding by myself for some time, part of it even without knowing that I was truly alone and that the others in my party weren't simply lagging behind.

[maleborgia]

*silent for a moment*

I think often about that, about finding myself on a strange horse in a strange land and without the men I thought I had behind me at my back.

[foundjuanting]

That is where I was back in Rome near the end, and that is where I fear I may be now.

[maleborgia]

It's a fear, one that I perhaps understand now more than before. I would not have any of us face that end.

[foundjuanting]

So you understand why I would not make that trip again so soon, but with accompaniment it is not the same as before, is it?

[maleborgia]

It is not then the same trip at all.

[foundjuanting]

Exactly so.

[maleborgia]

*sitting back a little* I believe I still owe you something.

[foundjuanting]

Do you?

[maleborgia]

I stabled the horse for Cesare after I returned, but I never went over with you what I brought back from Navarra.

[foundjuanting]

They were only the supplies for the celebration, weren't they?

[maleborgia]

*nudging the leg of the bed with his foot* Don't say "only", they were more difficult to come by than you might expect. No, you might enjoy this. When you are released, I will show you.

[foundjuanting]

And not now? I fear they may keep me here for some time.

[maleborgia]

I could hardly carry it all with me. How does this sound: if you are still here tomorrow evening, I will have it brought over then. It did not sound to me as though you would stay here that long.

[foundjuanting]

That sounds fine enough.

...Where will we go from here?

[maleborgia]

Riding, I should think, when you are able to. This looks like a much better place for it than the swamp was, but I have not had the opportunity to put that theory to the test. I'll wait for your company before doing so.

[foundjuanting]

My god, perhaps finally I can get that damned cat out to hunt.

[maleborgia]

Oh, that. Where is it?

[foundjuanting]

In one of the rooms, it is being trained, but slowly, and I've learned that there is no craftsmen among these people that know how to mend my clothes.

[maleborgia]

Give them to me, I'll have them taken care of. It might be slow, however, so please try to keep your others in good condition.

[foundjuanting]

Thank you.

[maleborgia]

Not at all. I apologize for the delay.