Ruka was looking very relaxed, which made Ren a little nervous, actually, but despite her discomfort with the situation as a whole, the promise of pancakes would keep her firmly glued to the seat. Ren took another long inhale off her cigarette--she was getting towards the end, but she ran these things for all they were worth. Then collected the butts to re-roll, or trade to someone else with papers. Waste not, want not, and all that.
"That's a good thing to do with a lot of money," Ren agreed, though the idea of a "$100 tip" was mildly mind-blowing to her. She tried to calculate it in terms of how many months of tampons it would buy. That was one hundred cheeseburgers.
"I, um..." Ren flushed, looking more irritated than embarrassed even though she was definitely feeling embarrassed. She didn't want to admit she didn't know what a macchiato was. "Yeah. It all sounds really good." That seemed like a safe bet. She didn't have to admit she had never had pancakes with lemon or macchiatos or whatever passed for orange juice here. Probably they squeezed the oranges by hand at your table or something completely ridiculous. She paused, then glanced around conspiratorially. She might never get another chance to ask.
Quietly, she whispered, "So, um, I've kind of always wondered... are $20 pancakes actually better than $3 pancakes or is it like a... weird..." she waved her hand vaguely, looking confused. "Status... thing? Like how at the store they have store brand stuff that's always cheaper, but people still buy the expensive things? Or how some stores charge like, twice as much for everything because it keeps people like me from shopping there?" She fiddled with the slim remains of her cigarette. She'd never been sure about the cause and effect. Did it cost more to keep people like her out, or did people want her out, so they made things hard for her?
She supposed the end result was the same and equally hurtful, but she'd had a long time to come to terms with the fact human society as a whole would prefer if she just... didn't. Didn't anything. Didn't sit on the sidewalk, didn't eat their garbage. Didn't exist.
"That's a good thing to do with a lot of money," Ren agreed, though the idea of a "$100 tip" was mildly mind-blowing to her. She tried to calculate it in terms of how many months of tampons it would buy. That was one hundred cheeseburgers.
"I, um..." Ren flushed, looking more irritated than embarrassed even though she was definitely feeling embarrassed. She didn't want to admit she didn't know what a macchiato was. "Yeah. It all sounds really good." That seemed like a safe bet. She didn't have to admit she had never had pancakes with lemon or macchiatos or whatever passed for orange juice here. Probably they squeezed the oranges by hand at your table or something completely ridiculous. She paused, then glanced around conspiratorially. She might never get another chance to ask.
Quietly, she whispered, "So, um, I've kind of always wondered... are $20 pancakes actually better than $3 pancakes or is it like a... weird..." she waved her hand vaguely, looking confused. "Status... thing? Like how at the store they have store brand stuff that's always cheaper, but people still buy the expensive things? Or how some stores charge like, twice as much for everything because it keeps people like me from shopping there?" She fiddled with the slim remains of her cigarette. She'd never been sure about the cause and effect. Did it cost more to keep people like her out, or did people want her out, so they made things hard for her?
She supposed the end result was the same and equally hurtful, but she'd had a long time to come to terms with the fact human society as a whole would prefer if she just... didn't. Didn't anything. Didn't sit on the sidewalk, didn't eat their garbage. Didn't exist.
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