Doing this a little prematurely because I am so enjoying those threads. Good pick with who to jump him with. :Db
Cesare really liked hearing about Italy from Lancia! Made his week. He's been reading about it, of course, in the library, but there are so many books to choose from and so many topics to study that he gets sidetracked a lot and has actually not been able to read about it nearly as much as he likes. He thought he had a good education. There are a lot of holes in his knowledge he's trying to fill as rapidly as possible. So Lancia really helped him get a fuller idea of what the peninsula is like, if only through glimpses of two cities. He would love to talk to him further and ask about pretty much everywhere else Lancia has been, but his pride will keep him from doing this too quickly. Cesare can also tell that Lancia is strong--if this were applicable, he'd peg him as a mercenary or solider of some sort, but as far as he has been able to tell, that's not as common for people in this strange new world, so he's holding off on his final guess. Either way he likes him because he is both smart and strong and he appears trustworthy and discreet even though he can't exactly blend into a crowd. He's going to keep feeling him out in large part because, honestly, he feels vulnerable at camp and would like to form some useful alliances. But the interest he has in Lancia's stories about Italy is genuine and totally unfeigned.
Rue confuses Cesare. Or maybe it's more like he wants to understand him because he wants to understand everyone and he doesn't have nearly enough information yet to do so and it is both frustrating and compelling. He hasn't met anyone like him before, in camp or out of it, although Leonardo da Vinci came the closest. They both have the ability to outwit him because he doesn't understand how they work, which is unusual enough that he is drawn to them. Rue pinged Cesare hard several times during their one thread (mostly because of what he said although he does think he's gorgeous, for lack of a better word) and probably managed to top him the most out of anyone in camp so far. When he thinks about this later it will really annoy him. Cesare sees himself as an adult even if this isn't true and feels the most comfortable and in control if he can portray himself as one. He'll act his age on occasion if he either gets bored and feels like it or if he gets topped into it. The former is acceptable to him as it is still a sign of his control. He does not like doing the latter, or at least it offends his pride, although if asked about it later he would say that he did it on purpose for xyz end. Cesare definitely will take Rue up on that hot springs offer because he is so eager to learn more. He's intrigued to the point that I need to know if you want to thread it because otherwise I'm going to headcanon the crap out of it, haha.
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Cesare really liked hearing about Italy from Lancia! Made his week. He's been reading about it, of course, in the library, but there are so many books to choose from and so many topics to study that he gets sidetracked a lot and has actually not been able to read about it nearly as much as he likes. He thought he had a good education. There are a lot of holes in his knowledge he's trying to fill as rapidly as possible. So Lancia really helped him get a fuller idea of what the peninsula is like, if only through glimpses of two cities. He would love to talk to him further and ask about pretty much everywhere else Lancia has been, but his pride will keep him from doing this too quickly. Cesare can also tell that Lancia is strong--if this were applicable, he'd peg him as a mercenary or solider of some sort, but as far as he has been able to tell, that's not as common for people in this strange new world, so he's holding off on his final guess. Either way he likes him because he is both smart and strong and he appears trustworthy and discreet even though he can't exactly blend into a crowd. He's going to keep feeling him out in large part because, honestly, he feels vulnerable at camp and would like to form some useful alliances. But the interest he has in Lancia's stories about Italy is genuine and totally unfeigned.
Rue confuses Cesare. Or maybe it's more like he wants to understand him because he wants to understand everyone and he doesn't have nearly enough information yet to do so and it is both frustrating and compelling. He hasn't met anyone like him before, in camp or out of it, although Leonardo da Vinci came the closest. They both have the ability to outwit him because he doesn't understand how they work, which is unusual enough that he is drawn to them. Rue pinged Cesare hard several times during their one thread (mostly because of what he said although he does think he's gorgeous, for lack of a better word) and probably managed to top him the most out of anyone in camp so far. When he thinks about this later it will really annoy him. Cesare sees himself as an adult even if this isn't true and feels the most comfortable and in control if he can portray himself as one. He'll act his age on occasion if he either gets bored and feels like it or if he gets topped into it. The former is acceptable to him as it is still a sign of his control. He does not like doing the latter, or at least it offends his pride, although if asked about it later he would say that he did it on purpose for xyz end. Cesare definitely will take Rue up on that hot springs offer because he is so eager to learn more. He's intrigued to the point that I need to know if you want to thread it because otherwise I'm going to headcanon the crap out of it, haha.