Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment. :) I'm having the most fun writing and discovering as I go along. Tony's the sort of guy who has at least three reasons for everything, I'm finding. The reason that seems to be why he does it, the reason he'll tell you is his, and the reason he actually has.

As for dialog, I do love it - it's kind of the heart and soul of expressing a character correctly, so far as the way I write anyway. :)

Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment!