There was a knock on the door, and Leonardo looked up from his work. With a few quick steps, he came to the entrance, where he discovered Ezio. Golden eyes dull, and body battered and heavily abused. The artist just stared with mouth agate for a long few moments, then lead his friend inside.

"Ezio, what happened?" He guided him to sit on the stool so he could see the injuries. "Dios mio, assomiglia tu fossi colpita da un cavallo."

The assassin didn't answer, only stared down at the floor blankly. Shock painted on his face. Leonardo pulled his hood down to see if there was anymore hidden by it. And was started by the trail of blood down his neck from somewhere behind his ear! As he picked up a cloth and touched it to the wounded area, Ezio's breath hitched a moment, his hands curling into fists and jaw tightening. He pulled his head away with closed eyes.

"Please, amico mio, tell me what happened." Leonardo asked in a gentle voice as he dabbed the damp cloth back onto the wound again.

Ezio shook his head, almost like a guilty child who was afraid of punishment.

Leonardo felt his heart twist in knots, just seeing him like this was horrible. "What happened, Ezio?"

Ezio whispered something, far too quiet for him to hear. Then pulled away from the cloth again.

"What's wrong, please tell me." Leonardo asked in the softest of mannors.

With that, Ezio pulled away, and stood up, as if he'd changed his mind about coming to the workshop. Though he didn't go far, only making it up the first few steps before his knees buckled under his weight, and he collapsed. Landing on the stone floor with a dredded thud!

"Ezio!" Leonardo was by his side in seconds, but he was a little too late, Ezio had closed his eyes and passed out. So as best as he could, he picked up the heavier man and brought him to the couch, pulling off the armor in order to get to the wounds that were bleeding through his usually white robes. And started to treat the gashes and cuts that were all in array across his body. He'd question about what had happened after he recovered from the shock.