Trust and Honor
This anon-thread made me decide it was high time I explained a few things about how Cesare is relating to people in Camp (not that this doesn't apply outside of it as well).
Canon states that at university, there are only three people who are allowed to walk side by side with him, alone. They are his tutor and father's trusted man, his older cousin, and his servant and friend from childhood. Likewise, they are the only ones Cesare tells his plans and certain private information to. Everyone else, including his other bodyguards, is held at a distance--nearer or farther depending on how much Cesare feels he can trust them.
This carries over into Camp, making it so that while Cesare knows people he likes or respects, there is no one he really trusts. Some people come close, especially considering he has only been here a short while yet and is so guarded. To be fair, he even states in canon that he does not trust Angelo, the series' puppy. This isn't something that should be taken personally and it's not as though he doesn't want to trust people, at least on some level. If no one in Camp had known of him, he would feel a lot more at ease. As it is, he's constantly on guard, especially because the people who he does feel he can depend upon are not here with him. When I say that Cesare trusts them, I mean he would trust them unhesitatingly with his life. Not only does he like and respect them and knows that they feel the same way towards him, but he knows that their fates are intricately tied together: if he falls, they fall as well. It is this mixture of different ties (emotional, practical, etc) that allow him to truly trust because he knows that they would never betray him.
This is part of the reason why I've been threading with Cesare so much. He's trying very hard to network and to find people who he can give some degree of trust, even if they will never be able to reach this level. They could get to something very close, however, maybe even all the way, if a) enough time passed, b) he was able to ascertain exactly why they wanted to interact with him and what they needed from him, and c) a pact or other similar contract was engaged. That sounds pretty awful written out like that, but basically this could be anything from a promise to have each other's backs on up. It's the meaning behind the gesture that counts. Cesare actually puts a great deal of stock in honor and in fulfilling promises and oaths, although he is liable to twist them to his own ends if he so chooses. If he has no reason to, however, he won't. Similarly, if he is entered into a contract with someone he will not make any moves against them unless they betray him first, at which point the contract is considered null and void. This reasoning is way more apparent in history than in canon, but it's so strong that I feel it carries over. Like I stated elsewhere, he's never been given a reason in canon to see this train of thought through to the end, although it's been hinted at.
Canon states that at university, there are only three people who are allowed to walk side by side with him, alone. They are his tutor and father's trusted man, his older cousin, and his servant and friend from childhood. Likewise, they are the only ones Cesare tells his plans and certain private information to. Everyone else, including his other bodyguards, is held at a distance--nearer or farther depending on how much Cesare feels he can trust them.
This carries over into Camp, making it so that while Cesare knows people he likes or respects, there is no one he really trusts. Some people come close, especially considering he has only been here a short while yet and is so guarded. To be fair, he even states in canon that he does not trust Angelo, the series' puppy. This isn't something that should be taken personally and it's not as though he doesn't want to trust people, at least on some level. If no one in Camp had known of him, he would feel a lot more at ease. As it is, he's constantly on guard, especially because the people who he does feel he can depend upon are not here with him. When I say that Cesare trusts them, I mean he would trust them unhesitatingly with his life. Not only does he like and respect them and knows that they feel the same way towards him, but he knows that their fates are intricately tied together: if he falls, they fall as well. It is this mixture of different ties (emotional, practical, etc) that allow him to truly trust because he knows that they would never betray him.
This is part of the reason why I've been threading with Cesare so much. He's trying very hard to network and to find people who he can give some degree of trust, even if they will never be able to reach this level. They could get to something very close, however, maybe even all the way, if a) enough time passed, b) he was able to ascertain exactly why they wanted to interact with him and what they needed from him, and c) a pact or other similar contract was engaged. That sounds pretty awful written out like that, but basically this could be anything from a promise to have each other's backs on up. It's the meaning behind the gesture that counts. Cesare actually puts a great deal of stock in honor and in fulfilling promises and oaths, although he is liable to twist them to his own ends if he so chooses. If he has no reason to, however, he won't. Similarly, if he is entered into a contract with someone he will not make any moves against them unless they betray him first, at which point the contract is considered null and void. This reasoning is way more apparent in history than in canon, but it's so strong that I feel it carries over. Like I stated elsewhere, he's never been given a reason in canon to see this train of thought through to the end, although it's been hinted at.