"What, never? Rare indeed." The deadpan expression is supported by a certain distracting bemusement over Cesare's belly-patting.
"Oh, well," he dismisses this, "if I want to know about Chezareborugia-dono, well, Iago-san is greatly interested in a certain book concerning itself with styles of command. But it's Borgia-kun I'm interested in. Saa, so it was you or your father who arranged this fall for the lady?"
As though Cesare had spoken aloud, he nods. "Aa. There can be life without it, but humanity? No."