>>5199326>>5199327>>5199329>>5199375>>5199377"Get your mind out of the gutter, dude. I was literally being tortured."
"Ah, my mistake. Sometimes it's hard to differ without visual context." Serpico laughs to himself. "You certainly don't look that worn out, guess I doubled my dinner servings for nothing today.
"Could have saved some of that food for me, dickwad..."
"Sorry, this is everything I got." Serpico takes a fistful of grains out of his pouch and hands you a teacup's worth of water.
"Eh, better than what your master gave me."
"Good for you and good for your horse! If only he didn't try to bite my hand off every time I fed him..."
"Trust me, you get used to it... Anyway, it went better than expected. Got her to question some things, but you don't undo a lifetime of problems in a conversation. At least she admits I'm alive and saw a few tricks of mine."
"Good to hear, surprised she didn't leave you full of blisters."
"She did! If it wasn't for her lending me her energy, I wouldn't even be able to walk over here. Is she this rough to all of her prisioners?"
"Nah, she usually just takes them to Mozgus or whoever they order her to leave them in, THEN it gets rough. I don't like watching those things myself, don't have a good history with fire..."
"I'm surprised you say that, given how close you are with her. What is it with you and Farnese anyway? She told me you rejected her feelings for you."
"Oh, goodie... Listen, I don't really want to get into this at the moment, so let's just say I have a few reasons to not reciprocate her love, despite being very, very aware of what she thinks of me. Part of me hoped you two got along just so I could let this slide without having to give her a proper explanation." Serpico got uncharacteristically emotional after you've gotten into this subject, what could he be hiding from someone who knows every facet of his being.
"...You into guys?"
"What? No!"
"I'm not judging, The people I align with aren't exactly a favorite among the church either... Not everyday a guy offers me to oil me up-"
"It's a lot more serious than that." Serpico frowns. "I would like to solve this on my own terms, and whether or not I want to disclose this to Farnese is completely up to me. Read my mind to do it behind my back and I'll be the one pushing you into the pit, understood?"
It's legitimately surprising how Serpico can go from cool and aloof to a few wrong word combinations from slitting your throat without hesitating.
>Fine, you have a right to your secrets.>Come on, I'm going to find out anyway.>How long until we get to Albion?>What can you tell me about Mozgus?>What do The Knights and The See think of Farnese?>Are you sure she's taking a liking to me? She's very rough around the edges. 