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[mansuetus]

Do you remember the first man or woman who greeted you upon your arrival to the stars, Tranquility?

[ Lucrezia Borgia sprawled on her bed, a dragonfly ring in hand. ]

I loved the first person I met upon sight, with a love that was stronger that anything I expected to feel at such a time. A love of tales and songs and I carry its mark on my heart until this day.

[ she could end it there but not without the slowest grin of the century. ]

Poets would kill for an opportunity to love so fiercely among stars. It would produce beautiful words for them to deliver to the world to show that love is not a selfish whim.

[ never that, not to Lucrezia Borgia who is still a romantic here. ]

God knows I never sought anything in you except yourself; I wanted simply you, nothing of yours.

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[mansuetus]

Is his father here to stop him?

If you wish him to be happy, then it needs to be his own choice. Marriage can either be wonderful or horrendous. I only knew the latter, I wish he will know the first.

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[chambermaid]

[ She nods, pressing her lips together.] I'm not sure he believes that it can be different here. [ She pauses] I do not know what's in his heart.

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[mansuetus]

Everything can be different here, sweet Gwen. He only needs to see you, the same as you.

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[chambermaid]

[ Her head dips as her cheeks color.] He needs to find his way and I will wait as long as it takes.

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[mansuetus]

And if you marry you could tell him the words of Heloise as I said them, I wanted simply you, nothing of yours.

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[chambermaid]

That's beautiful. [ She smiles softly.] I would love him were he a pauper or prince, he knows that. [ She hopes. But in fact, it would be easier if he were a pauper.]

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[mansuetus]

[ that does make her smile. Something warm on her lips. ]

At the end of the day, they are all men beneath their handsome titles.

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[chambermaid]

And what about you? [ her smile widens a little.] Is there someone who captures your heart?

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[mansuetus]

Why would you ask me that, dolcezza?

[ aka is she obvious, she's been working quite hard not to be. ]

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[chambermaid]

Oh, I was only... I meant only that I have been speaking only of myself. [ lucrezia hasn't been obvious, gwen is merely curious.] I didn't mean to pry.

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[mansuetus]

You haven't.

[ a beat. Nobody knows this but, surprisingly, Jon Snow. But Gwen is secretive, so much is certain. ]

Perhaps you were right.

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[chambermaid]

[ she hesitates before--] And he is here?

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[mansuetus]

Yes.

--- Only here, as it happens. He is not of my Rome, and I am not of his world.

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[chambermaid]

That must be difficult. [ she smiles a moment later.] And lovely as well.

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[mansuetus]

And quite terribly forbidden.

[ as it was from the start and will always be and Lucrezia would seek it still. ]

But he does have my heart still.

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[chambermaid]

Because of your marriage?

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[mansuetus]

Those ended, as it would seem. But it is all as complex as cake making. Layers and layers of it.

[ she grins. ]

But I love him still.

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[chambermaid]

I see. [ She's not sure what she means but she nods with a soft smile.]