And that's why your life is complicated. [ Saten laughs, but there's a good-natured side to the sound. ] Is he even still looking? You can at least threaten him for the motivation.
Yeah, he's looking. He's a tenacious bastard. [She'll give credit where credit is due.] Not his fault the world's shitty.
[It's an unusually magnaminous sentiment from Rebecca...one that promptly gets ruined when she adds:]
Wish the fucker would get off his damn high horse, though. Who the hell does he think he is to lecture me about going back to the underworld when that's how I'm winning the goddamn bread?
[A hand shoots out to snatch the quarter in mid-air, accompanied by a dry smirk.]
Sure thing, sis. Let's celebrate your amazing haul today. [Pause.] Oh, but, uh, we should probably stay away from McFacio's. I just got kicked out of there two nights ago, so they'll throw a bitchfit if I show up there again.
Some people just can't take a joke. What else is new? [She pushes herself off the brick facade.] It was some Hightown punk tryin' to pick up Lowtown chicks.
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[ Psh, jail is for people who get caught. ]
And that's why your life is complicated. [ Saten laughs, but there's a good-natured side to the sound. ] Is he even still looking? You can at least threaten him for the motivation.
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Yeah, he's looking. He's a tenacious bastard. [She'll give credit where credit is due.] Not his fault the world's shitty.
[It's an unusually magnaminous sentiment from Rebecca...one that promptly gets ruined when she adds:]
Wish the fucker would get off his damn high horse, though. Who the hell does he think he is to lecture me about going back to the underworld when that's how I'm winning the goddamn bread?
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Sure thing, sis. Let's celebrate your amazing haul today. [Pause.] Oh, but, uh, we should probably stay away from McFacio's. I just got kicked out of there two nights ago, so they'll throw a bitchfit if I show up there again.
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[Go ahead and imagine how the rest went.]
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[ She laughs. Saten might have had a couple stints pretending to turn tricks and then pulling a knife on (not-so-)poor saps, herself. ]
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[Rebecca snickers.]
He tried to buy me one of the cheapest drinks on the menu! Like I didn't know any better!
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[ Because when everyone is poor and life is shitty, lots of people turn to liquid happiness. ]
Have a preference for somewhere else instead?
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Hm...I heard the Gallery Pub was bringing out its specials tonight.
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