Well.... Philosophy wasn't what he was really expecting to happen while watching the parade, or even this conversation, but Ciro will take it. After all, if nothing else, it's a way to distract his mind from all the bubbling anxiety he can't quite shake. His hands fold together, held loosely in front of him.

"A desire for someone's effort to be acknowledged... And if what they've made is acknowledged, then they are, too.... But it's risky, I guess." Shrugging a little bit, he tries to force his hands apart. "Once it's away from you, it's out of your hands on how they'll receive it... or how it'll last away from you."