Whaddya mean there's no list?
PAULIE
(grumbling)
You seen this crap, T? They still ain’t released the Epstein list. What a fuckin’ joke.
TONY
(shrugs)
They said it’s sealed for legal reasons. Privacy, pending charges—whatever. Gotta let the system work.
PAULIE
(spins around, incredulous)
Let the system work?! Come on, Tone. You really buy that shit? Guy’s runnin’ a damn pedophile island for decades, dies in custody, and now we just forget about it?
TONY
I ain't sayin’ forget about it. I’m sayin’ I got bigger fuckin’ problems than worryin’ about some list. The feds wanna bury it? That’s their game.
PAULIE
(slaps the newspaper)
That’s the whole fuckin’ point, Tony! The feds, the courts, the press — all of ’em coverin’ for these rich sickos. You think they’d do that for us?
TONY
(getting irritated)
What, you think they’re protectin’ Hillary and Tom Hanks and whoever the fuck else you read about on Reddit?
PAULIE
(defensive)
It ain’t Reddit, it’s common fuckin’ sense! People like us get pinched for half a gram of coke, meanwhile Prince Pedo over there’s flyin’ first-class to the Bahamas with a briefcase full o' shame.
TONY
(points with his fork)
Watch yourself. You’re soundin’ like one of those whack jobs with the aluminum hats. Next thing you’ll be tellin’ me birds ain’t real.
PAULIE
(furious)
Fuck you, Tone. I got eyes. I ain’t stupid. They want us distracted, talkin’ about TikToks and fuckin’ weather balloons, while they scrub names off flight manifests.
TONY
(calm but firm)
You know what I see, Paulie? A guy obsessin’ over shit he can’t control, instead of watchin’ his money. We got collections to make, not conspiracies to chase.
PAULIE
(throws up his hands)
I swear to Christ, this country’s finished. Can’t trust nobody anymore.
TONY
(deadpan)
You just figured that out now?
>>509956540Kek goddammit beat me to it.. And in grand fashion.
>>509956619Not realistic. Paulie never pressed the issue this hard. He was far too servile
>>509956045 (OP)Da list,da list, da list, he's here for the list!