Who wants to be seen as a child in this day and age? After all we've been through...
[Idly, Faustino picked up the dessert menu, pretending to consider it, when instead he was using it as a distraction to help ground himself. Children, after all, were expendable. Worthless. Not worth getting in arms over to save. Men, however, would at least initiate that conversation. He was ready to be seen as an adult because he had never been a child, primed only for slaughter or molding. The same could be said of Al and Ciro. He wanted to make sure they were protected, using all the dirty tricks, words, or schemes he could.
He glanced up at Lancia when he spoke again, smirk curling at the edge of his lips slightly. At least he understood that much.]
And if the results aren't something easily understood or seen?
no subject
[Idly, Faustino picked up the dessert menu, pretending to consider it, when instead he was using it as a distraction to help ground himself. Children, after all, were expendable. Worthless. Not worth getting in arms over to save. Men, however, would at least initiate that conversation. He was ready to be seen as an adult because he had never been a child, primed only for slaughter or molding. The same could be said of Al and Ciro. He wanted to make sure they were protected, using all the dirty tricks, words, or schemes he could.
He glanced up at Lancia when he spoke again, smirk curling at the edge of his lips slightly. At least he understood that much.]
And if the results aren't something easily understood or seen?