Originally Posted by Turnbull


"...wanted to hide the delicious icy chilliness that controlled his brain"

"...felt that strange delicious chill filling his body."


And Vito feels "an icy rage" when Fanucci tries to extort him. The novel is replete with examples where Michael is the second coming of Vito, and that it's because of nature more than nurture.

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