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The receiver clicks, cutting through a faint hiss of static. Paulie Lombardo's voice, rough as gravel and warmed by a familiar, easygoing cadence, comes through the line, the friendliness in his tone barely concealing the hard edge beneath. "It's Paulie. How are ya?"