[the circus]
[there's a vendor over here who's handing it out pretty freely. some people appear to be exchanging money for it, and other people aren't. in fact, the people who are paying appear to be in distinctly worse condition than the people who aren't; their clothes are shabby or duller, while the people who don't seem to need to pay appear better-groomed. do you have cash, or are you going to have to hope you get the privilege of a free ride?]