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"Beautiful, smart, and loyal You’re lucky man, and it’s time you found worthy woress! I need favor For "

"My son’s usto "Beautiful, passionate Russian woether"

"Did you marry her?"

"Nyet Discovered crazy passion often justto coht He lives to fight, whichfor the punch line, Max"

"Ivan would like to train as MMA fighter Your dojo is best; you have program for amateurs, and he perfect fit"

A in his deave it away to Stanislovsky

"You do TP favor for his daughter--poof, noyou; I took care of your pest problem on Baldwin Street As favor to you This? What I ask in return"

"Black Arts trains your son"

Stanislovsky nodded "Ivan is good boy He needs guidance Focus isn’t problee"

"Why not put him to work in one of your businesses?"

"No interest at this point in thewhat you call it? Family ball and chain? Like you and Okada, eh?"

"Not exactly," Ronin said wryly

"Ivan has tih for so many years Which I hear you recently learned firsthand, h?"

"Yes"

"Here’s ht club fees sa same as others Earns his place on team same as others He wants to prove himself I respect that I believe you respect that He respects you as much as I do"

Wow Serious flattery

"How old is Ivan, and will he need an interpreter?" In an aside to Amery, Ronin said, "I don’t deal with Max’s Russian colish Max knows this about me"

"Ivan is twenty-two He’s American citizen His mother returned to Russia when he was ten, so over the years he’s had boot on American soil half year and boot on Russian soil half year He is fluent in English and Russian"