i am delighting myself with the thought of an alternate universe vers of tedesco, who never became a cardinal but instead remained on his family farm, appearing in the middle of the vatican in place of cardinal tedesco. where is cardinal tedesco? who knows. who cares. there are people treating goffredo like fucking royalty. he's got a kitchen full of food, nuns cleaning up after him, a giant fucking palace. he's never going back. ever.
except they kinda expect him to know latin and give mass and get into theological debates. lucky he's always been a quick study.
the bigger problem, the unavoidable one, might just be. well. the pope. :/




















