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Arturo is not sure he can be described as a compassionate man for there are plenty of instances where he is not. Ceannasach leaves little room for compassion. He is no bleeding heart by any stretch of the imagination. It gives him the tenacity to do what Arturo does: it allows him to be impartial as a leader and be as ruthless as the situation demands him to be. If he has no empathy towards hurt feelings it simply means he can do his job more effectively. It does not make him a good man, but he has known he has never been that either. His only redemption ark had always and would always be his children (and perhaps Lotte, he amends). So, when Chusi admits that she thinks spending time with him is special Arturo is taken aback. He is not sure why it surprises him so although he is not all together sure if he is surprised that she thinks that or that her words have affected him. There is a warmth in his chest and a choke of emotions in his throat. He loves Chusi — that is not anything new. He loves her as he loves his own children: unconditionally. She is his daughter her real parentage be damned. The gangster gives his throat a soft clear, “Spending time with you is special to me as well, Chusi.” The smoky timbre of his voice is not as smooth as he’d like but the uneven tenor of his voice does not take from the truth of the words. He may have a lot of children but he loved all of them equally (even if he tended to be harder on the boys).

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