locke cole (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lockecole) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} silverage, |
The corner of Locke's lips perked up and he nodded. "That's right. After all, no one's expecting us to look after ourselves but ourselves. Everyone else thinks we're unreal. Not a lot of help you can get from people like that."
He took a last big gulp of his beer bottle and punctuated it with a kind of gasp. Locke made no move for a third bottle, though. It was too early and he was already feeling a little buzzed. That would be enough for the afternoon. "I'd tell you to study but that's clearly going to take up more time than you want. Finding a job that's close to what you can do shouldn't be too hard, though. And like I said, or like you realized, there's a lot of us out here." He made sure he looked at Sungmin when he said, "I'm not going to be the only one who can help you. Maybe someone out there could do a better job than me."