XDarwin: Fine. We'll be there.
Faden: Asbury makin' a lot a calls tonight.
Darwin: He want Ellen at the meet. To prove she's okay, he says.
Faden: An' you believed that?
Darwin: What should I believe?
Faden: You don't get this tete business yet, do you? He askin' to see what he can get from you. To push at you, see where you weak. You want to watch youself with this shit, frere. Like where you let that Markham girl just walk. That was weak. Or how you said it was you fault Sullivan lived? Weak. People always pushin' at a tete. Always lookin' for the weak. Ya can't just give it to 'em like this.
Darwin: An' that's you whole read on Asbury?
Faden: What else could it be?
Darwin: An' you advice?
Faden: Askin' to see the girl the same as sayin' he don't trust you. Punish him. Threaten him. Or hurt her. Give him somethin' real to worry about.
Darwin: She the only hold on him I got. Hurtin' her'd be stupid.
Faden: Well, don't take nothing he'd miss. An ear, maybe a few fingers.... Joking, kid. Saints, but you got a weak... sense of humor.