Goodbye Threads

[cardinalsinned]

[ He's gotten a letter telling him he can go home, but that doesn't make it any easier breaking it to his brothers or anyone else he's going to miss.

So instead of facing it, he's packing needlessly and then unpacking it all again. He hasn't even bothered to hide the letter, though. ]

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[foundjuanting]

I would know what lies between us, your opinion of me, and I would ask a favor rendered.

[cardinalsinned]

What do you mean "what lies between us?" You want to know what I truly think of you? That's a poor parting gift.

[ Just throwing all his stuff on the floor in frustration. ]

[foundjuanting]

[Oh my god you baby, helping pick up your stuff]

Then what would be?

[cardinalsinned]

[ No, you ]

I know you've wanted a kiss.

[foundjuanting]

I would have quite more than that, but if I must choose between that and answers, I have been trying to get one outcome for under a year, the other far longer than that.

[cardinalsinned]

[ Fine, if he only has to do this once he can try. ]

You are my brother, and while there was good reason to kill you, there is a part of me that regrets it. And not just because I know father will never truly forgive me for it. You have proven yourself to be... useful here. But if left to your own devices you are no less self destructive than the man I dropped in the river.

But if it makes your time here better, I do love you. As only a Borgia can. We are still brothers.

[foundjuanting]

We are, yes.

I still fear that one day you will swallow Italy whole, and I wonder if by then you will lead it or send it to ruin in you wake... as I wonder at what it means for the family. I hate that I will never see my home again, save for a day perhaps in the next year, and even then I will need to hide myself. I despise that I will have a place in our brothers' world, but it will be a lonely venture. There's been hardly a time when we've been out of each others' sight for more than a few months, it will... take time to grow used to.

But I want you to be well, to stay safe, and to show the world what Borgia means. I would have you to be the one to do that, and no other.

[cardinalsinned]

Thank you, brother. That was- [ He doesn't know know to put it. ]

If you happen to come back in a year, come see me. I will give you a note in my hand to let myself know you're real and maybe I can take you to a brothel or two.

[foundjuanting]

I will, and I will demand your assistance on a matter.

[cardinalsinned]

It would be the least I owe you, considering.

[ That's all he can say on it before it gets emotional. ]

[foundjuanting]

[Oh stupid brother :<]

You know of my wife, I would have your assistance in telling her that I am well, but must remain hidden for my safety. There are things she is fond of, and she will know me by the gifts I would send her. Say that an Orsini made an attempt on my life, or whomever you will blame for my demise and- I have children on the way. I would have you make sure that they stay safe, that they are not made to come to Rome... let all of them live out their lives in peace.