Run #7: Video

[thinkin_arbys]

[The woman--she's clearly a woman--is sitting blithely at a desk. The Guide is a few feet away, and she is looking directly at it. It's pretty obvious from her clothing that she's the person who has been presenting herself as a man--as Donato, as Hot Pants.]My name is Guistina de Facia. I have gone by several names here, but they are all the same--

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[maestro_ezio]

Your warning comes a little late, but I appreciate then concern.

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[maestro_ezio]

And I would suppose there is nothing to be done about this.

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[thinkin_arbys]

...Not at the time. Not with you over there.

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[maestro_ezio]

A problem easily solved for many.

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[thinkin_arbys]

Yes, maybe, but I'm the one you want to see the most, and I'm the one who's the kindest.

And speaking of kindness, I need to check on your wrist.

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[maestro_ezio]

[He dips his head with a bit of a smirk.] Grazie for the kindness you have shown me, then.

My wrist is doing well. [Mostly.]

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[thinkin_arbys]

[She seems a little relieved that he didn't respond directly to that one. It was ridiculous to try to turn his own coy snark back on him.]

If the patient doesn't come to me, I'm forced to make house calls.

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[maestro_ezio]

Is that a threat, doctore? Strange for someone like you to be of such a forceful nature.

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[thinkin_arbys]

Not a threat, but I'll scold you endlessly if you injure it. There's nothing I can do if you make it worse.

...I've been forceful as long as you've known me.

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[maestro_ezio]

It has not hurt me, if that is what you wish to know.

You are forceful, but many doctors I know are not so harsh with their ways. [Though he has gotten his fair share of rather painful remedies...]

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[thinkin_arbys]

And you've been using the salve when it hurts?

That's because I'm only an attendant. I have made no oath to not mercilessly scold patients.

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[maestro_ezio]

[When I remember that I have it.] I have, yes.

You are a most merciless woman. [He says this in a teasing manner, of course.]

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[thinkin_arbys]

[Don't even think about lying.]

I am. I hope you can handle that.

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[maestro_ezio]

I can handle many things, including a woman like yourself.

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[thinkin_arbys]

[. . .

She left hersef completely open for that comment.]

Let me look at your arm, vecchio.

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[maestro_ezio]

[He sets the Guide aside. You can hear metal scraping a little against itself. Ezio holds his arm over the Guide's camera, sleeve rolled up.]