[ He is positively beaming as he agrees wholeheartedly that Daud is no critic, no fool. ]
I am Stefano. Stefano Valentini. [ For a second, he thinks he should give a bow but he decides against it. ] It's unfortunate that you do not have my name ... I suppose I shall never be as famous as the Knife of Dunwall. This... I have come to accept. Even if I were to kill you, I would only be known as the man who killed Daud. [ His arms open as he drops his head down in surrender. He admits completely that he cannot step out of the shadow that the assassin has created. ]
What good is that? You're truly a master and I am still an apprentice at this business of murder. No matter how glamorous I present my art, they always compare it to yours. [ Whether or not that is true is up for debate; it's true to Stefano. ] But I still have a vision for this world. A vision where we can learn to live with the horrors that we have endured and suffered. [ He takes a sweeping step backwards, opening his arms to the sky, to Dunwall. ]
Within these horrors, we can come to find the beauty that is our life! Within the pain that we are constantly in, we learn to see the glory of what we have been given. [ Pivoting, he faces Daud before he lifts his bangs to show his eye. A broken piece of a knife still embedded in the socket. ] Behold ... the pain of this injury still chases after me during every waking and sleeping moment.
But even so, I am ... ignited with inspiration to create. [ He throws his hand out toward the corpse he's mutilated for his art. ] Even so, I feel a desire to give back to this city and to have them walk this path with me. And that is why, yes, that's why I wanted to talk about a collaborative piece.
how amazingly accurate!!
[ He is positively beaming as he agrees wholeheartedly that Daud is no critic, no fool. ]
I am Stefano. Stefano Valentini. [ For a second, he thinks he should give a bow but he decides against it. ] It's unfortunate that you do not have my name ... I suppose I shall never be as famous as the Knife of Dunwall. This... I have come to accept. Even if I were to kill you, I would only be known as the man who killed Daud. [ His arms open as he drops his head down in surrender. He admits completely that he cannot step out of the shadow that the assassin has created. ]
What good is that? You're truly a master and I am still an apprentice at this business of murder. No matter how glamorous I present my art, they always compare it to yours. [ Whether or not that is true is up for debate; it's true to Stefano. ] But I still have a vision for this world. A vision where we can learn to live with the horrors that we have endured and suffered. [ He takes a sweeping step backwards, opening his arms to the sky, to Dunwall. ]
Within these horrors, we can come to find the beauty that is our life! Within the pain that we are constantly in, we learn to see the glory of what we have been given. [ Pivoting, he faces Daud before he lifts his bangs to show his eye. A broken piece of a knife still embedded in the socket. ] Behold ... the pain of this injury still chases after me during every waking and sleeping moment.
But even so, I am ... ignited with inspiration to create. [ He throws his hand out toward the corpse he's mutilated for his art. ] Even so, I feel a desire to give back to this city and to have them walk this path with me. And that is why, yes, that's why I wanted to talk about a collaborative piece.