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Tutte le strade portano a Roma. All roads lead to Rome.
So it was said by generations before her, and so its literal origins had stayed true in the modern age. More faces than she could ever remember had passed through the Vatican Museums' glistening halls in her lifetime, always moving with such speed and purpose that they often blurred together.
Still, there were a few countenances she could always remember.
Nico recognized the ethereal gaze of her old friend in the middle of her closing remarks, the words catching in her throat in surprise. Neriah stood just beyond the stragglers of the tour group, in the midst of two paintings by Caravaggio and Poussin. How long had it been?
There is no boisterous welcome, the huntress can only manage an excited wave before a hail of questions force her gaze back down. When gaggle of tourists finally dissipates, Nico approaches Neriah with a sly and irreverent smile as though they'd only spoken yesterday.
❝ I never told you this was my day job? ❞
