Claudia Auditore was not a heartless women. She was cunning like a fox, but that cunning was balanced with compassion. The knowledge that her brother was in love with the artist Leonardo had caused her no small amount of unrest over the last few weeks, especially when he expressed his doubts towards Leonardo's feelings about him. She knew that it would take a lot of work to get the duo together, more than she had ever done in her life. It would take sacrifice from both ends, and encounters with dead ends. People like her brother and Leonardo did not come together easily, no matter how strong the bond. And so she plotted.
Life in Paradise had taught her three things - the state of the soul represented the state of the body, the state of the mind represented the state of the soul, and the state of the body could not be reversed until the mind was soothed. So if Leonardo scolded Ezio in such a way that left Ezio confused and scared, and if Leonardo then kicked Ezio out of the only "safehouse" he had ever known, then Ezio's soul would be in enough of a disarray that his body would age considerably.
That was what Claudia was hoping for.
Without her brother's knowledge, she had been following the two on their walks and watching Leonardo's reactions to Ezio. She had quickly come to the conclusion that the artist did not feel comfortable expressing his, ahem, more delicate emotions around Ezio's younger form. He longed for the age, the wisdom that had come with the age, and the man that had been the Mentor of so many. Ezio might hate her for it later, but she was determined not to run into any dead ends this time around. Time was too short; she had already begged the council for an extension of Leonardo's reincarnation time, because she wanted to see her brother and Leonardo together at least once before they had to go their separate ways again.
And so she had pushed Ezio into the deep end of the pool, confident he could swim and left him unsupervised. It had worked better than she had thought; he was now aging rapidly, turning back to the person Leonardo loved so much. Within a few days she would bring Leonardo the news; her brother had fallen asleep and wasn't waking up. The artist would rush over, his ire forgotten, and the second phase of her plans could finally begin.
The most difficult phase of this plan was not letting her parents know about it. She was certain her mother suspected something, and she knew her father was aware that something was going on, but not what. She didn't want to cause the adults alarm, but God help her, she was going to see her brother happy.
No matter what it took, she would see Leonardo and Ezio together.
FILL: Our Paradise 8/?
Life in Paradise had taught her three things - the state of the soul represented the state of the body, the state of the mind represented the state of the soul, and the state of the body could not be reversed until the mind was soothed. So if Leonardo scolded Ezio in such a way that left Ezio confused and scared, and if Leonardo then kicked Ezio out of the only "safehouse" he had ever known, then Ezio's soul would be in enough of a disarray that his body would age considerably.
That was what Claudia was hoping for.
Without her brother's knowledge, she had been following the two on their walks and watching Leonardo's reactions to Ezio. She had quickly come to the conclusion that the artist did not feel comfortable expressing his, ahem, more delicate emotions around Ezio's younger form. He longed for the age, the wisdom that had come with the age, and the man that had been the Mentor of so many. Ezio might hate her for it later, but she was determined not to run into any dead ends this time around. Time was too short; she had already begged the council for an extension of Leonardo's reincarnation time, because she wanted to see her brother and Leonardo together at least once before they had to go their separate ways again.
And so she had pushed Ezio into the deep end of the pool, confident he could swim and left him unsupervised. It had worked better than she had thought; he was now aging rapidly, turning back to the person Leonardo loved so much. Within a few days she would bring Leonardo the news; her brother had fallen asleep and wasn't waking up. The artist would rush over, his ire forgotten, and the second phase of her plans could finally begin.
The most difficult phase of this plan was not letting her parents know about it. She was certain her mother suspected something, and she knew her father was aware that something was going on, but not what. She didn't want to cause the adults alarm, but God help her, she was going to see her brother happy.
No matter what it took, she would see Leonardo and Ezio together.