[ survival, he does know. given their mother died early in their lives, terry was constantly in and out of the home on arrests and probation violations, it largely fell to the kids to take care of themselves if they wanted to avoid the foster system. mandy was too young and felt too much. their brothers were all morons. there's a reason he's head of the family when terry's MIA. and terry's enemies had to know you don't fuck with the milkovich house when papa bear's in lock up.
as for bottom-rung, yeah, well he's not happy about it, but he knows how to work the system. coming into new turf and a new gang like your shit don't stick and you ought to be up higher than the other street runners is how to get yourself offed fast. you need allies in this sort of thing, you need back up when someone gets a grudge against you. ]
I've only been on payroll for like a month, alright, gotta start somewhere.
[ he doesn't plan on being this low on the totem pole forever. ]
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as for bottom-rung, yeah, well he's not happy about it, but he knows how to work the system. coming into new turf and a new gang like your shit don't stick and you ought to be up higher than the other street runners is how to get yourself offed fast. you need allies in this sort of thing, you need back up when someone gets a grudge against you. ]
I've only been on payroll for like a month, alright, gotta start somewhere.
[ he doesn't plan on being this low on the totem pole forever. ]