So why does a man like you feel alone?
Nature of my business, I suppose.
And what kind of business is that?
Rebuilding this city. I want to carve something beautiful out of its ugliness…set free its potential.
You sound like an artist.
I'm just a man with a dream.
What do you think an artist is? [indicating his cufflinks] Are those the only ones you have? You were wearing them last time.
They were my father's. I wear them every day to remember him.
Did he pass?
When I was a boy. May I ask you something now?
I'd say you've earned it.
What kind of gun is that you have in your purse?
It's a .22.
Did you think you would need that tonight?
We've been sitting here talking for hours and you're going to insult me like I have no idea what you really do?
What I said about what I want for this city is the truth. But money and influence is not enough to usher change on such a scale. Sometimes it requires force.
I know you're a dangerous man. That's why I brought a gun to a dinner date.
Would you like to leave?
No. I'd like a reason to stay.
I've done things that I'm not proud of, Vanessa. I've hurt people and I'm going to hurt more. It's impossible to avoid for what I'm trying to do. But I take no pleasure in it, in cruelty. But this city isn't a caterpillar. It doesn't spin a cocoon and wake up a butterfly. A city crumbles and fades. It needs to die before it can be reborn.
So I don't need the gun?
No. By my side is the safest place that you could ever be.
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