[What a question… Lancia glances down into his cup, swirling the liquid around in it for a moment.]
[It’s been a very long time since the three of them first joined the Family. He can still remember it clear as day: Faustino first, perfectly charming and hiding things that the Boss had to coax out from him. Then Ciro and Al, together and clinging, their distrust worn on their sleeves in contrast. All young, and scrappy in some ways (Ken more than the others), and trauma clinging to their sleeves and trailing in the wind.]
[There’s no denying what the years have done to them, in the best ways: Ciro’s quiet confidence that has him no longer cling to Al or Faustino, Al becoming focused instead of lashing out at the whole world, and Faustino polishing himself like a diamond.]
[Becoming a man- a made man, especially- usually was one of those ways Lancia has known of that helped judge when a child wasn’t a child anymore, but that’s been made difficult with these three considering Ken tore out a grown man’s throat with his teeth once before he’d even hit double digits.]
I suppose it’s getting harder and harder to say that these days, isn’t it?
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[It’s been a very long time since the three of them first joined the Family. He can still remember it clear as day: Faustino first, perfectly charming and hiding things that the Boss had to coax out from him. Then Ciro and Al, together and clinging, their distrust worn on their sleeves in contrast. All young, and scrappy in some ways (Ken more than the others), and trauma clinging to their sleeves and trailing in the wind.]
[There’s no denying what the years have done to them, in the best ways: Ciro’s quiet confidence that has him no longer cling to Al or Faustino, Al becoming focused instead of lashing out at the whole world, and Faustino polishing himself like a diamond.]
[Becoming a man- a made man, especially- usually was one of those ways Lancia has known of that helped judge when a child wasn’t a child anymore, but that’s been made difficult with these three considering Ken tore out a grown man’s throat with his teeth once before he’d even hit double digits.]
I suppose it’s getting harder and harder to say that these days, isn’t it?