quarantasei || video

[betrayedblade]

[The video only shows a pair of kunai being held within a set of calloused hands. The fingers and thumbs trace over the blades carefully, respectfully...and eventually what turns into a noticeable pattern. An invisible pattern. A missing pattern.

Giovanni moves the camera and it sets down to show a whole lot of nothing.]

...You'd think a person would get used to it by now. But I have to admit--I had known him for a long time now. A year... that is a long time here.

...he was like me. A ghost... ...a dead man...

[Click.]

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[She was thankful he did not say anything at first. Maria need to gather her thoughts before speaking out her concerns.]

Giovanni... I know you do not wish to speak on the matters that weigh heavily on your mind. And I will not force you to but I do ask that you listen...

[With a sharp intake of breath, she pulled away to look directly into his eyes.]

I will not pretend that I understand how you feel. To go through such trials... to see that last moment and suddenly come back to life here. It is pure madness.

A man can only take so much. [Her hand rose up to touch his cheek and felt the cold from the winter wind that howled outside.]

But you do not have to shoulder such burdens all by yourself.