The war in Italy continued to progress at a rate that Bruno found to be not at all surprising, and yet still somewhat alarming. By the year's end, the Ottomans were sure to capitulate. Though General Caneva was praised within international newspaper outlets for his "bold, decisive, and aggressive strategy which crushed the Ottoman defense while outnumbered and outgunned,"
Bruno knew that this likely was not the case. He had done some of his own investigating into what happened outside Shar al-Shatt, and sure enough, the change in the timeline had not resulted from any major shift in the infamous General's personality. Rather, it was an act of insubordination from a figure who was unknown to Bruno in his previous life.
