No plant life.

No backdrops.

Just a Brooklyn Mansion and three times the gold.

“You know what? Deep down I’m glad.”

Probably not what you were expecting to hear and probably not who you were expecting to see, for Tony ‘Two Hands’ Di Luca and Vincent Rinaldi both stood at their boss’ side once again. Vinny looked the same as normal, menacing for the sake of menacing. Tony on the other hand looked like he’d rather be anywhere but where he was, but then this was what he was paid for.

“I’m glad that you’re still laughin’, still jokin’, still smilin’...” Alceo listed, and without a smile of his own it must be said, “‘Cause it’s gonna be more satisfying’ wipin’ that grin off a’ your face with my feet as opposed to my words.”

“I’m glad that you think I’m only talkin’ tough.” Alceo said, still not smiling, still not showing any emotion, “‘Cause it’s gonna be that much more of a shock when you realise I ain’t just blowin’ smoke.”

“An’ I’m glad that you’re so high up on yourself.” He added as he raised one hand to the ceiling, grasped onto the air and yanked it back down, “‘Cause it’s gonna hurt that much more when I pluck yous from the sky an’ bring yous crashin’ back to Earth!”

“See, Funny Man, yous got ideas above your station. You go around claimin’ to be on another level to everyone else...” Dentari said doing that whole level-hand-gesture-thing, “An’ while yous must be higher to believe that... it simply ain’t true.”

“You wanna see another level? Yous look no further than this guy right here.” He continued slapping himself on the chest, “An’ yous look no further than them two right there.”

Using his thumbs to point, Alceo gestured to the mountains of man at his side. Vinny wasn’t paying much attention, but Tony... Oh Tony looked genuinely pleased with the complement he’d just received.After all, it’d been a long time since Dentari had said anything positive about either of his associates.

“We proved time an’ time again, over an’ over, that there ain’t no team in DEFIANCE that can equal us.” Dentari said counting the teams he and his boys had defeated. He didn’t need to mention them by name though, they simply weren’t important enough. “There ain’t nobody in the car, there ain’t nobody on the horizon, an’ there ain’t nobody in the rearview that stands a chance against us three.”

“We are peerless, Funny Man.” Alceo said as he looked around the room at all the empty space, “You meanwhile, whether you wanna acknowledge ‘em or not, are surrounded by equals.”

“Your Scotts, your Boxes, your Ryans, your Whites, your Pythons...” Dentari said as he described a circle with his finger, “All a’ them are gonna be millin’ ‘round, smackin’ their gums an’ lickin’ their lips, all waitin’ for my leftovers, all waitin’ to pick at the scraps that I drop.”

“Only there won’t be no scraps ‘cause I’ll finish you off myself.”

“Don’t bother lookin’ ahead to Ascension, Funny Man.”

“Yous still gotta get past 38.”
 

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