♻ 005 | audio

[tucky]

Okay, I got a question - why's there so many kids here? You can't turn a corner without running into an imPort kid.

[This... may be a slight exaggeration. It almost does feel that way to Tiffany, though; she came through the Porter from a totally kid-less environment. She'd seen child visitors to the prison in passing, but hadn't interacted with one in years until coming here - and that's not even touching on her own vague Kid Issues, which are currently heightened after her conversation with Jesse about her past.]

I mean, it just seems kinda cruel, you know? Porting in a bunch of kids without anyone to look after 'em. I mean, unless the people here are meant to look after 'em, but come on. How many of us are the type? And I know I would've missed my mama something fierce if I was taken to a whole new world when I was little; some weird fucking stranger wouldn't've cut it.

... Hell, I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong; I could be wrong. Never really knew what to do with kids myself, so it ain't like I know how they think - how y'all think.

So never mind, maybe.

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[lackey]

You gonna stick with a boring job?

[tucky]

Do I got a choice?

[lackey]

There are other jobs.

[tucky]

... I guess. I wouldn't know how to find one, though. And they gave me this one.

I like that it's a drug clinic.

[lackey]

But you might have more fun at another one. Or at least not be bored out of your mind.

What's there to like about workin' at a drug clinic?

[tucky]

It seems right for me.

[lackey]

Okay, guessing time again... You one of those boo drugs people?

[tucky]

... I might be? I think. A little bit.

[lackey]

You... don't sound real sure?

[tucky]

... I was on drugs. Now that I'm off 'em, I kinda like being off.

But most people at home do 'em, so if I get sent back there and when I get out of where I was before here, I'm probably gonna go back on 'em.

[lackey]

Ohhhh. Guess that makes sense then.

... What kinda drugs you do?

[tucky]

Meth. A couple others sometimes, but mostly meth. That's the one I was hooked on.

[lackey]

Meth! That's a good one. Or a bad one. Good bad one. Mess ya up. Especially the blue shit I've heard they're sellin' here. Super pure for superheroes or whatever.

[tucky]

I never tried it.

[This is the first time she's been told about it directly, though she knows meth exists here - the drug clinic she works at is specifically for meth addicts.]

... Did you try it?

[lackey]

[Mike laughs softly.]

Do I sound like the kind of guy who would do meth?

[tucky]

What kinds of guys do you think do meth?

[lackey]

I don't know. Guys who like bein' messed up?

[tucky]

Nobody likes being messed up.

They like the high.

[lackey]

Yeah. Yeah, you're right about that.

[tucky]

Do you do any drugs?

[lackey]

No.

[tucky]

Okay, okay. I believe you.

[lackey]

... You do? 'Cause I was lyin'.

[tucky]

You were?

[lackey]

Heh. Yeah.