He looks up with rounded, stunned eyes, like he can't believe his ears. After all the times his mom used to talk about money and rent and needing it for her cigarettes and funny bottles of he-doesn't-know, this old man is telling him it's 'no charge'????]
That's weird, ojiisan! Everybody wants money for stuff, always!
[That's like... a rule. Rule one is use hot water in noodle cups to make 'em squish, rule two is aliens are bad and will eat you, and rule three is all grown-ups want is money.]
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An elderly man!
He looks up with rounded, stunned eyes, like he can't believe his ears. After all the times his mom used to talk about money and rent and needing it for her cigarettes and funny bottles of he-doesn't-know, this old man is telling him it's 'no charge'????]
That's weird, ojiisan! Everybody wants money for stuff, always!
[That's like... a rule. Rule one is use hot water in noodle cups to make 'em squish, rule two is aliens are bad and will eat you, and rule three is all grown-ups want is money.]