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[abhero]

Then they shouldn't agree to sign a contract saying they have two weeks in the first place!

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But... if they needed that money and had to pay it back so quickly, they must have been really desperate...

[abhero]

This. This attitude right there. That's why you need contracts.

[See how much he's worried about you, Hibiki? He's trying to teach you his evil ways instead of just asking you to give him money.]

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Er--

Huh? What's wrong with it?

[abhero]

It's too nice! People might take advantage of it.

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Heh-- r-really?

1/?? i'm sorry

[abhero]

Really! A young girl like you has to be careful, it's a dangerous world out there with all kinds of suspicious types looking for innocent people to sucker! Like this -

[abhero]

[In a dramatically miserable tone:]

“Oh no, my wife has fallen ill, my daughter kidnapped by pirates to the southern sea and about to get evicted! I am but a poor cobbler and have no money to buy medicine for my wife, search for my daughter AND pay the rent! Surely a kind girl like you can find it in her heart to help me…!”

Then you feel sorry for him and give him money without realizing he was lying to you.

[abhero]

[An over the top villain cackle]

“Bwahaha! She doesn’t know I was fooling her! I’m not married, I have no kids and I need the money to pay my poker debts! She’s so nice I think I’ll ask for more money!”

[abhero]

[Again in the whiny tone]

“Ahh, I’m afraid I can’t pay you back in time…! My wife is getting worse and the pirates demand ransom for my daughter. Please, let me borrow more… I promise I’ll give it all back once things work out…”

DONE

[abhero]

[And back to his normal voice]

And before you realize it, he’s gone with all your money and debt collectors come banging on your door, take away your furniture and foreclose your pets!

I almost cried when I saw my inbox before I realized it was just you

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[Uwah!]

Wh--

But... H-how could someone be so mean like that-?!

oops?

[abhero]

I told you, it's a harsh world. People are assholes so you can't let them walk all over you.

[Walk all over them instead.]

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But that's not--

I mean... people don't... really do that.

...Do they?

[abhero]

Of course they do. I've seen it.

[More like did it.]

Surely you know not everyone is a good person.

[saving_sound]

W-well... Maybe not...

[Those thieves were pretty awful...]

But I don't want to distrust everyone right away, either...

[abhero]

Maybe not right away but some suspicion is healthy.

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What's good suspicion, though? Isn't it better to be able to trust people...?

[abhero]

Trust has to be earned, you don't go around giving it to people.

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But if you can't trust anyone, either...

I don't like living like that.

[It had only been for a short time in the long scheme of things, but even still...

She wants to be able to trust people.]

[abhero]

[Hamel would like that, too, but the last time he allowed himself to really trust people ended very badly for everyone involved. He may be less hesitant to try, but he isn’t over it quite yet.

He simply shrugs.]

I told you what I think. Do what you want.

[saving_sound]

...Then I'll keep trusting people, I think.

And... I hope you can trust people too, Hamel-san.