[classic swim]

- Flatline. • 2008 The silent killer had arrived to collect on Anthony Corrado’s last breath at the Leftwood hospital.

Pegorino: My personal bodyguard wearing a wire! I raised that kid like he was my own. I BEAT him like he was my own son! When my son killed himself, Anthony became my son. Now this? The world is a CUNT!

Pegorino: Fucking Anthony! Niko: What about Anthony?

“I’ll go, but I ain’t going quietly.” - James Pegorino

... • 2008 In the time Niko was absent helping Gravelli, Pegorino’s situation had laughably imploded.

Niko Bellic: What kind of man do I want to be? I want to be a whole one. I do not want to be owned by anyone. I do not want to be controlled by the actions of others. I want to be able to make the right decision, and have it be my own decision to make.

Gravelli: You've given a dying man a few minutes of happiness, Niko. I'm pleased to be helping you out with this thing you need. We'll speak again when Darko Brevic is in the country.

- Liquidize The Assets. • 2008 One fatal blow to the Ancelotti and Russian partnership. Niko’s dismantled the crack peddling grocery store front.

U.L. Paper: I've got a real gift for you. Get this done. Then we'll talk.

... • 2008 Seeing the United Liberty Paper contact meant real progress was being made. Bellic, already having his police file removed, had an additional promise to look forward to.

Gravelli: The mayor will be here in a minute, and I have two senators dropping by later. Everyone wants to pay homage to a dying legend, everyone wants the glamor of a bygone age...

My hobby thread can finally be done for the year if the forums stopped shitting itself.

Packie: Were you and Roman always close? Back home, I mean. Niko: Yeah, we always were. Close, but different. He was the smart one, I was the active one. That's probably why he got out of there when things got bad. I stuck around and life didn't go so good from there in. Packie: You seem like a solid guy, Niko. I know you talk about this bad shit that happened to you, but I think you can get over it, you know. You're a survivor.

Niko: He's passed his last false bill, Mr. Gravelli. Gravelli: Well done, my boy. This is going to be a fruitful partnership for us both.

Kim: Hey! Don’t I know you?

Niko: If you play stupid, you're not going to live very long. Where's Kim? Manager: He heard you come. He run out back through the kitchen!

- Dining Out. • 2008 The Korean Mob in Alderney presents itself as a risk the Gambetti family isn’t willing to take. Niko Bellic is sent to Mr. Fuk’s Rice Box. Killing the North Korean counterfeiter he had previously helped into the country.

Gravelli: His name is Kim Young-Guk. He'll be very well protected. He eats at Mr. Fuk.

Gravelli: Seems some Korean has come into the country... and is selling money at a discount. You don't need me to tell you that it's all fugazi. Faker than a pair of Vinewood tits.

... • 2008 A Lost biker was spotted stumbling around Acter, where the MC base used to be. And, well... better safe than sorry.

Packie: What's up, Niko? Niko: Well not much, you know... problems, solutions, usual sort of thing. Packie: You sounded just like Gerry when you said that, all cagey and thoughtful, like I might be wearing a wire. Niko: I don't think you're wearing a wire. My English can be a bit bad. Packie: Sure, but you're like Gerry - a weird combination of crazy maniac and thoughtful controlled guy. Niko: Thanks, I think. I always liked Gerry.