It’s a you, K-pop. Wouldn’t Thing understand?

[having an identity crisis] It’s-a-me? Mario?

Karl “K-Pop” Müller, named for “popping” a lot of Ketamine in the past, nervously waited for Mario to answer. He had just confessed, that he had given Tony “The Thing” Fraticelli’s girlfriend a foot rub when he was supposed to be on bodyguard duty only. Sure, Karl was a valuable member of the family, he had saved the boss’s life back during the turf war. But Tony was also known to be gruesome when it came to jealousy… Mario leaned in, putting his hand softly on Karl’s shoulder, saying with a voice full of anxious empathy:

Mario? Is that-a you?