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“If they don’t work, we all starve”

“Yeah I get that,” Albert said with : Kids knoon’t let theure, hey, let soes and artichokes”

Lana wanted to get back to her run She needed to finish, to run to the FAYZ wall But there was soet people to work?”

He shrugged “Pay them”

“You mean, money?”

“Yeah Except guess who had most of the money in their wallets and purses when they disappeared? Then a few kids stole as left in cash registers and all So if we start back using the old money we just make a few thieves powerful It’s kind of a problem”

“Why is a kid going to work for money if they knoe’ll share the food, anyway?” Lana asked

“Because some will do different stuff for ht? So they pick the food for money Then they take the money and spend it with soht? And that kid maybe needs a pair of sneakers and some other kid has rounded up all the sneakers and he has a store”

Lana realized her hed The first time in a while

“Fine Laugh,” Albert said, and turned away

“No, no, no,” Lana hastened to say “No, I wasn’tfun of you It’s just that, I mean, you’re the only kid that has any kind of a plan for anything”

Albert actually looked e their butts off”

“Yeah But you’re looking ahead You’re actually thinking about hoe put it all together”

Albert nodded “I guess”

“Good for you, o Orc will be okay As okay as he can be, anyway”