Miserly merchant: Silvio

Miserly merchant, raspy and frantic, trembling with greedy authority

Prompt: Masculine, elderly, high-pitched and wheezy. Italian-inflected cadence with a raspy, thin texture. Fast-paced, frantic, and irritable. Characterized by sharp inhalations and a trembling, miserly intensity. The voice should sound physically hunched and physically strained, conveying a mix of desperate greed and pompous authority that frequently breaks into a comical screech.

Script: Eh, careful with those fingers, my friend, every coin in this purse has a history, and none of them are eager to leave me, capisce? Business is trust, yes, but trust is expensive.