"This is why I asked the Don to send me." Victor said it drily, although he was aware that he was really admitting to quite a bit here. Knowing that Roman would handle this badly, of course. But also that he wanted to keep him safe, still, which included keeping him safe from himself. He was making it clear that he cared.

"Will you give me what I've come for?" He could hurt him, of course, he would get the job done any which way. But he wasn't only loyal to Don Falcone. He was loyal to his old friend too, if in a very different way.