Talk:Sokolov Paintings/@comment-99.189.35.14-20140309182550/@comment-27038417-20151007043959

It was definitely heavily implied, first by statements by the Heart ("he knew me once, and did much to set me on my path") I interpreted 'knew' in the old-timey way people used it to refer to having bedded someone. She is noticeably more sympathetic in her assessment of Sokolov than most other characters in the game. Sokolov himself even says to Corvo something along the lines of having known the Empress even better than he did, but I don't remember the exact quote.

I thought it had been confirmed somewhere or somehow but maybe I'm just getting ahead of myself here.