That would've made conversation difficult.

( privately, he thinks cesare might've benefitted from some light stabbing — but... well. gilia still cared for him, enough to send him away when things became tenuous. he'd do his best to respect that. )

Personally, I think we often underestimate you, Gilia. ( that's one of the reasons she'd stuck under the radar as a proxy for so long. nobody could fathom her being capable of such violence. more the fool them. ) Look at all you've accomplished since coming here.