"Hey, that's not nothing." And she appreciates it, even if it's been... hard, the last few years, to really ask anyone for anything. "I'm— glad someone around here at least gets some of this stuff."
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"Hey, that's not nothing." And she appreciates it, even if it's been... hard, the last few years, to really ask anyone for anything. "I'm— glad someone around here at least gets some of this stuff."