(observing the poor as she and Julia Farnese walk through Rome) These children need an orphanage!
Indeed, they do. But, the nunneries that used to care for them are starved of funds- and the orphanage on Piazzo Naverna is now a Cardinal's palace. Here, once stood a statue of the goddess Selas Minnerva- and here flowed crystal springwater from the Alban Hills.
Statues are easily restored; water is not.
(looks directly at her) So- I would use my wit, and yours, to outwit those who divert funds, and water, from poor houses and palaces.
(nods) Cardinals- and the Curia.
You are far too clever. (takes her arm and leads her away)
(smiles) It would be fun, to outwit a brace of Cardinals.
More than fun- it would save lives. And, there is one more brain I would engage in our cause: your mother's.
(chuckles) My mother? But, she-
You must admit, three minds would be better than two. And, your mother and I are far beyond such enmities.
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