XLouie: Look, if you're askin' me was Etienne throwin' matches for l'affaires, a course he was. You wouldn't understand but --
Riley: I understand.
Louie: 's not some goon sayin' I'll break them hands so you never fights again, tu vois (you know)? It's the guy you grown up with, sayin', hey, Louie, wow, that's you car? That's --
Riley: That's your wife, really? You own a house now? Wish I --
Louie: -- had a car, wish I had a house, hey, you know, they's this one thing, maybe you could --
Riley: -- help me out this once for old time's sake -- I understand, Louie. Cannery's not Lowtown, or it wasn't when I was growing up, but trust me. I'm not begrudging anyone a few thrown fights.
Louie: It ain't never more than a few. Scare 'em an they stop bettin', l'affaires know that. So once, maybe twice, you do a favor. For old times' sake. An', you know, 'cause if you don't they break you hands so you evr fights again.
Riley: The thing is I've worked takedown cases, and they aren't like this. They're horrible, but by god you know whose boot is in your ribs. That's half the point.
Louie: Etienne said once -- boxing's a lockdown, see? L'affaires pays, or you play it straight. Nobody else get to put they spoon in the pot. He said -- smart man'd find something they ain't got at. That's where the money is.
Riley: Like street racing?
Louie: Could be. But Etienne never come up with that himself. He ain't what you'd call a thinker.
Riley: Then who did?
Louie: His trainer maybe. Or Jack Hart, they hung out a lot.
Riley: Neither of whom will speak with me.
Louie: ... how bad off is he?
Riley: It's Murder One. Life imprisonment's the best he can hope for.
Louie: ... I'll talk to Hart.
Riley: Thank you, but -- Louie, there's something very ugly going on here. People have died. I need the help, but I don't want you getting hurt.
Louie: You do realize I get punched in he face for a living.
Riley: Is that supposed to reassure me, or make me give you up as a lost cause?