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[He blinks, not having expected a reference like that, but nods easily enough, giving him a sympathetic half-smile, half-grimace, the words that follow getting through his usual defenses because of the event.]
Yeah... that's what you tell yourself as a kid, that when you're older and got the money, you're gonna throw fancy parties and eat steak and drink good wine an' nobody's gonna look at you funny because you've been wearin' the same clothes for months.