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[auditor]

[ a moment of silence, claudia lowering her chin and pursing her lips, as she attempts to understand. she has suspected that several worlds differ in time. — the villagers' own suspicions helping her parse as much but in the end, magic or science, it is lost to her. claudia raises her head, shutting her eyes, and waves a hand in dismissal. ]

Allies, then.

i'm the best

[shinybaubles]

Good ones. I would trust them with my life. [He speaks with conviction. There are so very few people in the world that he has found he can trust, not knowing who they are in disguise.

He glances around them, making sure that nobody is paying attention, but still, he lowers his voice.] I have put forth the idea of starting a brotherhood.

obvs

[auditor]

[ of four? but rome began with as much as well... are there resources? claudia turns from their work, now, her voice as low when she speaks. ]

Do you think the villagers will appreciate its cause?

[shinybaubles]

Look at them, Claudia. [He gestures around the village.] Before us, they were content to let their lives be led by simplistic means. They didn't venture too far into the forest. They had no idea there were other people outside of us. A lot of it has come with a price, but... [Edward shrugs.] Freedom does. You cannot hope to be wise when you don't have all the answers.

[auditor]

I see tired men and women, Edward. Hungry children. Is it freedom they need? Or someone to show them how to hold a blade? [ she had seen the same in rome, though, hadn't she. claudia shakes her head. ] I am not opposed, but it is a great task to build a new Order. — and in Roma, we had more than this village.

[shinybaubles]

It's all part of that. Show them one, and the other pieces come tumbling into place. There are no Templars here, I know, but Jaysus. Look at them! They are ruled by their fear. The fear of the beasts in this land, of the Fox, of the unknown. [He grits his teeth for a moment.] Fear is not a bad thing, but it can be when you allow it to herd you along.

[The task doesn't daunt him, even if he knows that it should.] Aye, we had more as well, but we are a small population in a closed island. And besides, who is to say that we couldn't recruit?

[auditor]

[ he has a fair point: teaching the villagers to hold their blades will make their hearts stronger. strong hearts will see them to freedom, sooner or later, and if the order would teach them the former, is there reason to argue? and if the curse leads to war, as it had, is it not best to begin now than when it is too late? claudia nods. ]

I am best with coin and knowledge. The coin, I do not have... But I listen to what the tavern has to offer. The traders as well. I can see what women will follow. [ beat. ] This will be slow, you know.

[shinybaubles]

You're talking to a pirate, lass. Coin, I know. Coin I can get, through one mean or another. [Maybe he'll steal back that goose, nobody has to know. His hand rubs along the blond stubble on his face.] I have a candidate of my own I might try. She's a good girl with a thirst for adventure. [And another casual shrug.] I have no doubts that we will be here for some time. I can manage slow.

[auditor]

Good. If you are to build a Brotherhood, you are to be its Mentore. — and that is a task that requires patience as well.

[shinybaubles]

[He makes a face.] I suppose I've been a captain long enough. It'll be slightly similar.

[auditor]

[ smiling, still, but claudia doesn't speak. he reminds of her ezio in that moment, and what more need be said? she nods to their current work, then, before their coin is lost. ]