[ Alberto's somehow surprised but incredibly touched and proud that, apparently, Alberto's time spent working in Massimo's pescheria is a detail Bruno felt was worth mentioning as an introduction to Alberto, before he met Pepa. Like that's a crucial fact about him. Granted, this was in May, now it's September; it hadn't been so long he'd been away from the pescheria back then. But all the same, he's happy knowing that's apparently an important characteristic of his... It puts a smile on his face. It's still interesting for him to hear how other people perceive him, after spending so much of his life alone. Gives him a tickle.

That said, he's more than happy to talk about fishing, and to brag about Massimo — always. ]

Oh, it was great~ We were basically the best team ever — me and my friend's dad. Massimo. Oh, and his cat, Machiavelli, hah. Massimo's probably the best fisherman in the world? I'm probably the second best, ha. We used to bring in huge catches~

[ ...already sounding like a fish story. ]