Shooting Range, Thursday Midday

[withoutverona]

Romeo tugged safety equipment out of the cabinet and posted fresh targets and the rules sign before Leto was due to show up, and leaned against a wall cleaning and loading his Dagger as he waited. He'd also recovered the antique gun from Paris from the storage locker, in case Leto didn't have his own weapon to use.

It seemed like he was at the shooting range more often than usual of late; he only hoped the practice was good for him.

[OOC: For Leto, but open!]

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[future_sandworm]

"Do you have brothers and sisters?" Leto asked, "Or had your parents had to wait a long time for you?"

[withoutverona]

"I'm told I was a surprise," Romeo answered. "I'm an only child."

[future_sandworm]

"Then they must have hight expectations of you," Leto replied, reloading the gun.

[withoutverona]

"They may have, but I've successfully thwarted those," Romeo said ruefully. His hands shook slightly and the shot he took was less accurate than his previous ones. "My cousin's a bit older than me, and he's now being treated as heir."

[future_sandworm]

Leto glanced at him. "Both good and bad, I imagine," he said, firing again.

[withoutverona]

"Good and bad," Romeo agreed more steadily. "Benvolio -- my cousin -- is a steadier hand than I am, in any case. I've no head for business, and no desire to become my father."

[future_sandworm]

Leto smiled, reloading. "No, becoming one's father might not be the most tempting future."

[withoutverona]

"He builds things," Romeo said, not able to explain why exactly he found that so distasteful without going into his family's other activities. "What of yours?"

[future_sandworm]

"He's supposed to be dead." Leto fired, almost hitting the bull's eye. He glanced at Romeo. "He was an emperor, a prophet and a prescient. But I would prefer it if you didn't mention that to anyone."

[withoutverona]

Romeo gave Leto a slow look at that; he didn't seem to be joking. "It doesn't seem terribly likely to come up in conversation."

[future_sandworm]

"No, I suppose not." Leto smiled a little.