catch-all: marcoh.

[purities]

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[boxcar]

[ Shang how is the work on (looks at smudged writing on hand) saving Japan and getting a whole lot of revenge? ]

...Good candidates? Maybe it is encouragement and reward.

[purities]

[huffs... in a way that is almost a laugh but not quite.]

Like training a dog.

[boxcar]

That is one way to say it, sure.

What are kids sometimes if not a little bit like dogs?

[purities]

And just as likely to make a mess like one. [... thinks of the local teen population.] If not more.

[boxcar]

They probably would not chew apart a present box meant for them, at least?

[purities]

Yes, you'd hope so.

[boxcar]

You don't have much faith in them huh.

[purities]

Haven't given me much reason to have faith in them.

[boxcar]

That's fair.

[purities]

Maybe you should share that Fiend Nicholas story with them.

[boxcar]

[ He snorts a bit, maybe. ]

Maybe I will. It will scare them straight.

[purities]

Or at least make them behave with the expectation of getting something out of it.