Originally Posted by Evita
I will have to watch that scene again but how do we know what's in Vito's mind


The exact same way that you knew what was on Genco's mind in the post immediately before.

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what was the fiction of Genco's position he kept alive for a year?


The fiction that he's still consigliere, still necessary to the Family.

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If he was sick for a year, he'd have known someone was consigliering in his absence


Nonetheless, you don't have to rub it in his face.

"All of these men were good listeners; patient men."