July 29, 1565 - Medina
As Von Stark was going through his own speech to follow up the Lieutenant, Cosimo cared not for the Company rules. He followed his own code and it had worked well for him over the years. There was little need to describe what virtue was - it had been his creed for all his life.
Rather, all Cosimo could think of was how glad he was to be in a city again. The days on board the ship and then the landing - guarding the unloading in the hot sun, unable to even take his own shirt off because of his armor.
And then the march. None of it was new to him...but the heat was. He did not recall England, or even Germany ever having such a hot sun, even if it was the very same star.
He knew King would be pleased too, if anything to see a new city and new culture. It had always been his greatest pleasure while serving de Perugia.
He was snapped back to attention at the sound of a young woman,
"Mario Chen! You owe me an explanation right now! It's been one whole day since I last saw you. Are you so busy that you can't even spare me a few minutes of your time!"
He was shocked and looked over to one of the other pikemen. "What - Chen gets to bring his own woman? No one told me.”
As Von Stark was going through his own speech to follow up the Lieutenant, Cosimo cared not for the Company rules. He followed his own code and it had worked well for him over the years. There was little need to describe what virtue was - it had been his creed for all his life.
Rather, all Cosimo could think of was how glad he was to be in a city again. The days on board the ship and then the landing - guarding the unloading in the hot sun, unable to even take his own shirt off because of his armor.
And then the march. None of it was new to him...but the heat was. He did not recall England, or even Germany ever having such a hot sun, even if it was the very same star.
He knew King would be pleased too, if anything to see a new city and new culture. It had always been his greatest pleasure while serving de Perugia.
He was snapped back to attention at the sound of a young woman,
"Mario Chen! You owe me an explanation right now! It's been one whole day since I last saw you. Are you so busy that you can't even spare me a few minutes of your time!"
He was shocked and looked over to one of the other pikemen. "What - Chen gets to bring his own woman? No one told me.”