To be fair, just being in the proxy of all her silver linings makes him feel a lot better.
"It's a hard thing to explain, darlin'." He says after a moment of thought. The look in his hazel eyes suggest that he's thinking over the question carefully, but that doesn't mean the answer is going to come easily.
"When you're broke, you're trapped. Stuck under the thumb of the people who have all the wealth, but refuse to share it. Your problems compound when you're poor, too. Makes you stressed, which then makes you sick."
"And all the while the people who have it dangle the money in front of you. And you know that ... if you could just get a little bit more that you could start living a life you wanted to, instead of doing whatever you have to do to maintain your limited status."
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Date: 2016-08-14 02:03 am (UTC)"It's a hard thing to explain, darlin'." He says after a moment of thought. The look in his hazel eyes suggest that he's thinking over the question carefully, but that doesn't mean the answer is going to come easily.
"When you're broke, you're trapped. Stuck under the thumb of the people who have all the wealth, but refuse to share it. Your problems compound when you're poor, too. Makes you stressed, which then makes you sick."
"And all the while the people who have it dangle the money in front of you. And you know that ... if you could just get a little bit more that you could start living a life you wanted to, instead of doing whatever you have to do to maintain your limited status."