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Relax, paesani. I ain't your enemy.

Who do you belong to?

Hmm... If I had to say, I s'pose I'd call myself a Sicilian.

A Sicilian? Stop joking around. They got rubbed out ages ago.

Is that so?

I don't have the energy to waste my breath on you, so get outta my way, unless you got a death wish.

I'm just here to remind you there are people from the court waitin' in ambush over there. Steer clear, if you know what's good for you.

What?!

Who the hell are you? I never heard nothin' about nobody coming to talk to us.

Course you didn't. Because I didn't come here to talk to you.

That brings me to the second thing I'd like to remind you of—

The Sicilians may have been erased, but they didn't die out.

What—

Urk... Guh...

By the way, we came here to silence you.

You talk too damn much. Hope Lappland's not rubbing off on you.

That, we can agree on.

Hey, it's me. We're done here.

Stay in place and wait?

Grr, you're the boss. Ain't like I got a choice.

Looks like we chose the wrong day to come back.

Why do you say that?

Rain.

I hate the rain more than anything.

It's the rainy season. I already told you before we came back.

Now that you don't have your little brother trimming your fur for you, I think you oughta go across the street right now and get it all shaved off.

Watch it, or that mop's gonna come right off your scalp.

I actually was considering it myself, but my barber talked me out of it. Said my head's lopsided, I'd look ugly.

But, I gotta hand it to you for findin' a way to make money so quick.

Hmph. Looks like you spent too much time in Lungmen, Capone.

That Lin fella, sure he's got a few tricks up his sleeve and all, but doesn't Lungmen's governor have him pinned down pretty good?

But this is Siracusa. And here, the famiglie run the show.

It's easy to find an odd job or two.

With so many famiglie running around, everyone always needs some capable hands.

Alright, maybe I <i>was</i> in Lungmen too long, but what really surprises me is how they're still running the same playbook they used to when I left Siracusa.

The famiglie control everything in this city from the shadows, but they never walk out onto the stage.

Why do you say that?

A new city is about to be born. On the surface, they're in the middle of voting for its administrator.

But the truth is, the famiglie backing these people are constantly jockeying for power.

What the hell are you even talking about? If we didn't lose our own city, we'd be doin' the same exact thing.

I've been away from Siracusa for a long time, Gambino. Was it eight years? Ten?

That's a drop in the bucket. What's gonna change in that amount of time?

It's long enough to change the way I see a lotta things, but clearly not long enough to fix your shortsightedness.

You know, it ain't like we came to no peace agreement, you and me. Our work just isn't done yet.

If you're so eager to die, I'm glad to send you on your way.

How can you be sure that you won't be the one dying?

Hah...

Hmph...

What?!

How'd you know...?

Bartender, get your ass out here!

I didn't think the two of you were on such good terms.

Haha, looks like your patron ain't as reliable as you thought, Gambino.

Let's be clear here. As long as the two of you complete my commission, I naturally will not mistreat you.

However, the commission is not yet complete.

You think you can double-cross me?!

Double-cross? If this is your idea of a double-cross, then I recommend you open your eyes a bit wider, Sicilian.

So, where does that put us now?

I need to see what you two are capable of—right here, right now. It's that simple.

As long as you walk out of this alley alive, you pass.

I thought you were gonna say you'd take both of us at once.

Haha, my brothers would rake me over the coals for that one. 'You weren't going to let anyone pass in the first place,' or something like that.

You sure talk a big game.

I'm looking forward to meeting both of you again.

Pretentious bastard. Thinks he's human just because he got used to the city.

Hah... It's been a while since I've heard that.

Looks like we don't have a choice.

I'll make sure he figures out who doesn't have a choice.

Heh. If I knew I'd be fighting for my life back in Siracusa, I would've just stayed home.

Was that your call to make?

Alright, fine. If we didn't show up, we probably would've been turned into mille-feuille within a day.

But we followed her here, and she went and disappeared without a word.

As if she was saying, 'I brought you back home. Now you're free to do whatever you want, go fend for yourselves.'

The moment you start thinking that is when she pops up right in front of you. You've jinxed it.

You look like you got used to life here as well.

She will come for us.

Oh?

Lemme ask you this. In Siracusa, who's in bigger danger—a wolf who leaves the pack and goes rogue, or two strays?

Well that's new. Never thought you'd fess up to being a stray mutt.

I ain't dumb enough to act like I ain't lost everything.

Wish you'd admitted it sooner.

Still, it's pretty obvious that she's tryin' to play with fire right under Signora Sicilia's nose.

Right. We ain't even shit on the side of the road to that woman. And I won't stand for it. If I get the chance, I swear I'm gonna kill her.

But then there's <i>her.</i> She doesn't even give a damn about Signora Sicilia.

The same Signora Sicilia who sends us a letter and gets us shakin' in our boots.

And that wasn't enough to get her back to Siracusa. But now, she's back, all over another lone wolf.

Oh, what was it that she asked again? Right, how we ended up so scared of Signora Sicilia?

You scared of her, Capone?

Honestly, yeah. Nobody can really go against Signora Sicilia.

Every Siracusan's afraid of her.

So, you wanna see how she dies?

I wanna see how she lives.

Hate to admit it, but I'm with you.

That's why we need to stay alive.

Another civil servant got attacked? And a Bellone associate to boot?

Yeah, someone's clearly trying to pick a fight.

Hah, serves 'em right. If you ask me, it's probably the Rossatis behind it. Those scumbags and their bag of petty tricks. Disgusting.

But, a lot of the Dodici Famiglie have already said they support the Bellones taking over the new city.

So what's the point of pulling a stunt like this now?

Hmph, hard to say. The Don's son, Leontuzzo, is now a secretary at il Ministero dei Lavori Pubblici.