tis the day for canon updating

[sharpasafawkes]

[Today shaun's got a glass tube filled with water and he's testing it. A small glowing rock is also nearby in a dish. This can only lead to good things]

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[sharpasafawkes]

If they're gathering near the church, is it only during the time when food is handed out? or all the time?

[maleborgia]

*pauses a moment to think over this*

People stay in the area. But you are right, there are only so many people so near when they are offered scraps.

[sharpasafawkes]

Then you'll need to put out supplies when most of them are at the church, and vary the deliveries. Take a few of the narrow streets, people will avoid them because of the risk, so send a few through there and if the risk's not that bad. The wider ones should be used if it's starting to look bad or they're not populated.

You'll need to get a few to learn all the side roads and catch how the people move about, if possible get one of the local sort and take him on as a guide and to teach the group. If you're worried about the security, find someone without a family and hire them on at the house in the mean time.

[maleborgia]

*clearly listening, leans forward on the table slightly*

Knowing the roads is no problem. I know them passingly well--and I have those who are better acquainted with them. That last idea might work well. I'll be certain to look into it when I return to Pisa. I doubt I will be able to find anyone on such short notice but I should be able to arrange for it to take place. He'll need near constant supervision, however, which may...

No. Never mind. I know how to work around it.

I may be able to set something more stable and self-regulating in place, but I will not know until I see how things have progressed in my absence. Or, rather, in the time I have no information on.

[sharpasafawkes]

At least this is something though, right?

[maleborgia]

It is. You have been quite helpful. *oh, right, the goal is to keep Shaun engaged, not to secretly have plans and make them seem all the better when they materialize seemingly from nowhere*

Depending on what has happened with the rebuilding of the factory, I might be able to organize additional aid through those I have working there. I should also get in touch with Niccolò; he may be able to help me set something up with either the Medici estate or, perhaps, using the funds and holdings of the Franciscans themselves without bringing my name into the open.

[sharpasafawkes]

... You know him?

[maleborgia]

We are acquaintances, yes. He is attending the university as well and is employed by the Medici family.

[sharpasafawkes]

Dear lord, who aren't you friends with right now, Leonardo da Vinci?

[maleborgia]

Oh, we're hardly friends. He is certainly talented, but I am still annoyed that he tricked me.

[sharpasafawkes]

... I was kidding. What's he like for you?

[maleborgia]

He is very intelligent, very ingenious. He got the better of me on more than one occasion although we only met briefly. I can see why I will later hire him in my military campaign.

[sharpasafawkes]

I was expecting him to be more excitable.

[maleborgia]

Why?

[sharpasafawkes]

well...

[maleborgia]

Have you seen him?

[sharpasafawkes]

He might have been a close friend of Ezio.

[maleborgia]

I see.

I doubt I will have the chance to see him while I am in Pisa. The journey to Florence takes time and I have little of that to spare.

[sharpasafawkes]

I have a feeling ours is a bit special anyway.

[maleborgia]

I have a feeling we are all a bit special where you are from, but what makes him so different?

[sharpasafawkes]

[Going into differences from the original, the enthusiasm, his way of speaking, his inquisitive streak...]

[maleborgia]

...He sounds like a character. I suppose I can see the similarities.

[sharpasafawkes]

He also pulled one about taking off Ezio's finger.

[maleborgia]

...What?

[sharpasafawkes]

It was a joke, he didn't. You see the hidden blade used to requite the sacrifice of the ring finger, but by Ezio's time it'd been modified.