, staring out the window with his characteristic blankness, suddenly spoke up. "Tone? Is the beach in Porto? I don't like the sand that isn't from Porto."
Tone watched from the bushes, his face buried in his hands. "I work with amateurs. Literal children."
"We go in, we grab the case, we leave," Tone explained for the fourteenth time. "No shooting, no shouting, and for the love of everything holy, no 'bolinhos' until we are across the border." Naturally, things went south within three minutes.
The van smelled like damp dog hair and illegal fireworks, but to , it smelled like destiny. He sat in the driver’s seat, adjusting his toothpick with the precision of a surgeon. Behind him, the usual chaos reigned. Culatra was frantically trying to polish a rusty pistol with his own shirt, while Rato was mid-panic attack, convinced that the police were already hiding in his peripheral vision.
In the midst of the white cloud and the absolute absurdity of the brawl, they somehow ended up back in the van, briefcase in hand, with Bino still clutching a half-eaten shrimp cocktail.
Tone looked at the briefcase, then back at the road. A small, devious smirk climbed up his face. "Well... maybe one more. But only if the next one involves less seafood."
, staring out the window with his characteristic blankness, suddenly spoke up. "Tone? Is the beach in Porto? I don't like the sand that isn't from Porto."
Tone watched from the bushes, his face buried in his hands. "I work with amateurs. Literal children."
"We go in, we grab the case, we leave," Tone explained for the fourteenth time. "No shooting, no shouting, and for the love of everything holy, no 'bolinhos' until we are across the border." Naturally, things went south within three minutes.
The van smelled like damp dog hair and illegal fireworks, but to , it smelled like destiny. He sat in the driver’s seat, adjusting his toothpick with the precision of a surgeon. Behind him, the usual chaos reigned. Culatra was frantically trying to polish a rusty pistol with his own shirt, while Rato was mid-panic attack, convinced that the police were already hiding in his peripheral vision.
In the midst of the white cloud and the absolute absurdity of the brawl, they somehow ended up back in the van, briefcase in hand, with Bino still clutching a half-eaten shrimp cocktail.
Tone looked at the briefcase, then back at the road. A small, devious smirk climbed up his face. "Well... maybe one more. But only if the next one involves less seafood."