[He opens his mouth to retort— he absolutely wants to be in it for the money, thank you very much, the ramen thing was supposed to be the side hustle and not the other way around, except that everybody keeps either running up a tab or stiffing him and he can't just be constantly doing the nice thing all the damn time— but thank god for everyone, because the situation changes before he even has a chance to get going.
He's still in the process of registering what's happened when there's a sudden yank around his waist, and he's abruptly taken off his feet.]
Wh— Hey! [Shouted, over the noise of the train and the rush of air as they're dragged after it. For a kid his age, he's sure got some lungs on him.] You didn't say anything about them being able to pull shit like this!
[He's at least not going to quibble about his reinforcement status now, apparently. Which is maybe why so many people are able to successfully stiff him, but that's neither here nor there.]
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He's still in the process of registering what's happened when there's a sudden yank around his waist, and he's abruptly taken off his feet.]
Wh— Hey! [Shouted, over the noise of the train and the rush of air as they're dragged after it. For a kid his age, he's sure got some lungs on him.] You didn't say anything about them being able to pull shit like this!
[He's at least not going to quibble about his reinforcement status now, apparently. Which is maybe why so many people are able to successfully stiff him, but that's neither here nor there.]