30-03-2019, 07:11 PM
"Si. The next question would then be 'WHY did La Contessa abandon her babies and San Finzione for a month?'"
I think I was catching up to the game. I offered Maria my thoughts.
"San Finzione IS a Catholic Nation. Plenty of churchgoers are upset enough that Helen is going to raise them 'without a father.' You could put doctors on TV explaining Postpartum Depression around-the-clock for a year, show how the twins have had the best care and protection in the world the entire time, and a percentage of the population will still always look at her and add 'unfit mother' to their list of things they already don't like about Helen. That percentage goes to Mass, where I'm willing to bet Lucinda is always in attendance to 'share their concerns' about 'the direction San Finzione is headed without God in the Castle.' Or the new heirs' lives!"
Maria nodded, the reluctance to take the gloves off when it came to La Familia still in her eyes.
"'And if only someone godly like her were Contessa.'" Maria concluded.
"Can she do something like that?" I asked. "Is there some way she could use this to gather support and influence to overthrow Helen?"
"Not by itself, but it would be a first step. Great-Grandmama's primary motivation for baptizing them is so that you and Julie can also be their familia in some way that must be recognized outside of the castle, should the need arise. Her secondary motivation is to shut such people up, si. This makes it even more important that we sell them on the idea that Rita is Great-Grandmama, Susan. I may need to ask you to do another strange thing that you are the only one that can do it."
"You know I'm here to help you, Maria." I said, still trying to appear as if we were causally chatting. "Just tell me what you need me to do."
Maria picked up her tea, sipped it, and smiled as if she weren't about to ask me to do something big.
"Rita must be able to sell the role. More so than usual. I may need you, Susan, to do The Thing to Rita. To make HER believe that she is Great-Grandmama."
I think I was catching up to the game. I offered Maria my thoughts.
"San Finzione IS a Catholic Nation. Plenty of churchgoers are upset enough that Helen is going to raise them 'without a father.' You could put doctors on TV explaining Postpartum Depression around-the-clock for a year, show how the twins have had the best care and protection in the world the entire time, and a percentage of the population will still always look at her and add 'unfit mother' to their list of things they already don't like about Helen. That percentage goes to Mass, where I'm willing to bet Lucinda is always in attendance to 'share their concerns' about 'the direction San Finzione is headed without God in the Castle.' Or the new heirs' lives!"
Maria nodded, the reluctance to take the gloves off when it came to La Familia still in her eyes.
"'And if only someone godly like her were Contessa.'" Maria concluded.
"Can she do something like that?" I asked. "Is there some way she could use this to gather support and influence to overthrow Helen?"
"Not by itself, but it would be a first step. Great-Grandmama's primary motivation for baptizing them is so that you and Julie can also be their familia in some way that must be recognized outside of the castle, should the need arise. Her secondary motivation is to shut such people up, si. This makes it even more important that we sell them on the idea that Rita is Great-Grandmama, Susan. I may need to ask you to do another strange thing that you are the only one that can do it."
"You know I'm here to help you, Maria." I said, still trying to appear as if we were causally chatting. "Just tell me what you need me to do."
Maria picked up her tea, sipped it, and smiled as if she weren't about to ask me to do something big.
"Rita must be able to sell the role. More so than usual. I may need you, Susan, to do The Thing to Rita. To make HER believe that she is Great-Grandmama."
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