[Left wrapped on Vergil's bed. Inside is a thick leather-bound book entitled, A Treasury of Romantic Poets. It contains a compilation of poems from the period, some of which Vergil no doubt knows and already owns, but the bookseller recommended this when Nero said he was shopping for someone who "like, really loves William Blake."
There's a good-sized envelope tucked in the pages, very deliberately on the page printed with Blake's "The Little Boy Found." Inside the envelope is a stack of photographs of Nero, at various ages from when he was a child.
One depicts a round-cheeked, serious-looking infant with shock white hair, standing up with assistance from a smiling nun holding his hands.
Another shows a class picture from the Order school. Among the students dressed in their little uniforms and smiling obediently, Nero is in the front row sticking his tongue out.
There's another formal photograph of Nero upon his induction to the Holy Knights. He's 13, dressed in the white formal uniform, standing proudly alongside a stern-looking bearded captain and other inductees, all of whom are visibly older than Nero.
In another he's a bit older, wearing a new non-standard uniform and a pair of headphones. It was taken clandestinely as he fell asleep in a church service, feet propped up on a pew and one arm in a sling.
He isn't serious or bored-looking in every picture, though. One shows Nero, around age 8, hanging upside down on a swingset. A little girl with auburn-red hair is swinging, and they're both laughing. Another from around the same time shows Nero at the beach, absolutely covered in mud and sand, grinning and rushing the photographer with messy hands.]
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There's a good-sized envelope tucked in the pages, very deliberately on the page printed with Blake's "The Little Boy Found." Inside the envelope is a stack of photographs of Nero, at various ages from when he was a child.
One depicts a round-cheeked, serious-looking infant with shock white hair, standing up with assistance from a smiling nun holding his hands.
Another shows a class picture from the Order school. Among the students dressed in their little uniforms and smiling obediently, Nero is in the front row sticking his tongue out.
There's another formal photograph of Nero upon his induction to the Holy Knights. He's 13, dressed in the white formal uniform, standing proudly alongside a stern-looking bearded captain and other inductees, all of whom are visibly older than Nero.
In another he's a bit older, wearing a new non-standard uniform and a pair of headphones. It was taken clandestinely as he fell asleep in a church service, feet propped up on a pew and one arm in a sling.
He isn't serious or bored-looking in every picture, though. One shows Nero, around age 8, hanging upside down on a swingset. A little girl with auburn-red hair is swinging, and they're both laughing. Another from around the same time shows Nero at the beach, absolutely covered in mud and sand, grinning and rushing the photographer with messy hands.]