xxxv λ musing

[assassino]

[All things considered, Ezio has had a busy day, but now he's out and about. He's hit up a dozen or so stores in town, mostly for painting frames and books, and perhaps you've see him running errands.


Later, however, he will be sitting down at his desk to scrawl out:]

I seldom write in this journal. I think that is funny; for every boy who knows how to write, three sit without education, and here I squander my gifts and ignore books. My sister does more writing than I do, and her talent is a rarity amongst women!

It has been more than a year since I have arrived –– closer, still, to thirteen months -- and each day I learn new things about the future, history, science, and even the human body. I do not think many days have passed in the past four hundred that saw me sitting idle and failing to learn!

Yet still, when I spoke to a young woman the other week, she was hard-pressed to believe that I would return to my time, forsaking the knowledge and science and hygiene of the future. I prefer the conventions of my time, and my culture, and I have work to do. So, I wonder, then...

How many of you would go home with another, to their time instead of yours?

I'm going to miss plumbing. I think that is what you call it –– "plumbing." Even after all this time, sometimes it is fun to turn on the "tap" simply to marvel at its convenience. It is a wonder there is so much water about without the streets being flooded like the canals of Venezia.

And I have such good memories of the miracles of showers, with thanks to some of the beautiful women in this castle.

E. Auditore.

Comments

[assassino]

Never. Men do not gossip.

[secondchances]

Oh, right. My bad. Discussing.

[assassino]

Yes. That may happen, but without the movie.

[secondchances]

Good thing there's nothing super embarrassing for you to report.

[assassino]

Oh? Are you sure of that?

[secondchances]

You're the one good at embarrassing yourself.

[assassino]

I am sure you have done something worth noting.

[secondchances]

[She can think of a few, but like hell is she mentioning them.]

Like what?

[assassino]

Oh, I do not know. But there must be something.

[secondchances]

Good luck, Ezio. Try not to think too hard, or feel too bad that your friend is so flawless.

[assassino]

Yes, it has been strange having a friend so free of flaws... unless "worries too much" is a flaw.

[secondchances]

We can say that's one, to make you feel better. Oh! And the fact that wine just isn't my thing. There's two for you.

[assassino]

Does Tim enjoy wine?

[secondchances]

I doubt it.

[assassino]

I am not impressed.

[secondchances]

He's seventeen. Twenty-one is the legal drinking age, remember?

[assassino]

Is it? I had forgotten.

[secondchances]

Of course you did.

[assassino]

How am I supposed to remember all the arbitrary rules of your time?

[secondchances]

We'll buy you a pen and some paper.

[assassino]

Would it not be easier to create a printed copy? It would be terrible to rewrite such a long list when I forget again.

[secondchances]

A printed copy you can frame.

[assassino]

I would hang it over my bed, so that I will always be reminded of your strange ways.

[secondchances]

Your dedication is heartwarming.

[assassino]

Plenty of me is heartwarming.