[classic swim]

... • 2001 I’m sure you remember our old friend.

Roman: Listen, man. I'm worried about you. You have to sort your life out. Before it ends... Niko: What does that mean? Roman: It means what it says - you can't carry on like this - fighting a war that ended, killing, running around like a lunatic, all this craziness. Niko: You got me into this craziness, here I mean. And you help me spend the money it has made us. Roman: Sure, but it can't go on, not forever. Niko: Yes it can. Roman: You'll die. Niko: No. I will go on forever. This is my curse. I can do this. Live this life. I cannot live another. Not now. Roman: I don't buy that bullshit. Grow up! Move on, be, be free! At least think about it?

... • 2008 Roman’s upcoming marriage to Mallorie has made him look more seriously at cousin Niko and notice a stark cry for help.

Niko: Everything is taken care of, brother. Fixer: Right on, brother. I'll collect the funds. If you want more work, contact me on the hard line.

- Assassin’s Greed. • 2008 These string of jobs proved it wasn’t truly all about revenge, and a lot of this was becoming a sick thrill. These jobs were the most alive Niko Bellic felt.

Fixer: Niko Bellic, I know who you are, brother. You're after some money.

... • 2008 Besides vouching to Skip, Phil’s also recommended his new friend as the go-to guy for Wade “The Fixer” Johnson.

Roman: What're they like, NB? The gangsters? Niko: I've been working for this guy, Phil Bell, at the moment. He's better than Ray Boccino. Paranoid about wire taps and helicopters, but he seems legitimate. Roman: He should be paranoid. The Feds are after organized crime in a big way. Stay disorganized would be my advice, Niko. Don't let them get you for racketeering.

... • 2008 Salvatore Leone’s Gentlemen’s Club has been tragically vacant for years. Sal would be rolling in his grave knowing his home became where Guernsey goombahs not even with the Commission would stash their brown.

Niko: I don’t even like fucking heroin.

- Truck Hustle. • 2008 Liberty City Triads have grown into a real bunch of superstitious fucks. Panicky over their 'cursed' heroin that’s been trouble with Angels, the Lost, Elizabeta and so on... Niko grabbed this for the Pegorino family that simply knew no better.

... • 2008 Boccino sends Niko over to Phil Bell in Alderney. Phil’s mostly Irish and was still seen by Pegorino as a superior to Ray. Burned Ray’s ass. Phil was Niko’s door to dealing with Jimmy P directly.

Phil: Did you hear about our friend, the guy with the thing? Ray: Yeah, you mean Harry the... guy with the hat. Phil: No the guy with the, y'know, the budda beep budda boop.

“What about them Swingers?” - Phil Bell

I’ll do that when he pulls out your armpit hair with his teeth.

His slinky body used to weird me out. Avoided any cheeseburgers for an entire century.

... • 2008 Bernie’s gift to Niko for not killing him and being such a loyal friend; The Deputy Mayor’s Infernus. - - - - Niko: Thank you, Bryce Dawkins. I hope the cash for this didn’t come out of city funds.

- Going Deep. • 2008 Luis & Bulgarin ambush corrupt N.O.O.S.E agents at the Topaz Street parking garage. Bulgarin’s failing at persuading Luis to give up on Tony.

“If the money tells you to cut your fucking legs off, you will do it. Because the money is better than a fucking leg. The money is making the plans. That's the American way.” - Ray Bulgarin

Bulgarin: We met at your club. I am Ray Bulgarin. Luis: Oh yeah. You’re the Russian who was asking about coke, hookers and corpses. Yeah, sorry we couldn’t accommodate.

- Buoys Ahoy. • 2008 Niko & Bernie have some fun.

Bernie: Honey... you... are stressed.