"To be fair, that isn't a trait that is exclusive to rich people, but does have the potential to be more economically damaging. But like everyone else who has their priorities straight, the rich put themselves and their family's interests first and foremost."
"Mhm. That's why I'm not very trusting of them, they don't always have the best interest of others in mind. They can't be quite greedy and too much greed leads to trouble."
"It's cool, I'm not offended. But one of the biggest ways that rich people keep their wealth is by having most of it locked in assets like land, properties, stocks or businesses. Which naturally causes a lot of collateral damage when they're are sold or liquidated for equity. ---
"As my father says "hard work builds character." I also hope you don't think i was judging you, i just have a hard time trusting large companies and rich people. Most of them don't care about small villages like mine."
That's why he has to work hard so he can send his parents+
--- a bar be annoying sometimes? Sure. But ultimately it's given me stability and ultimately it's a good job for someone who has a strong sensitivity to sunlight."
"Depends on the person. Some people with intergenerational wealth have never not had money so it's difficult to fathom not having it but it doesn't mean that they look down on the people that don't, it just means they can be tone deaf. If you'd met me eight or nine years ago, ---
--- I would almost certainly have fallen into that category. But given after being kicked out I was disowned, cut off and disinherited. That meant working for a living and learning how to live within my means and honestly, I actually prefer living this way. Can working at ---
"As is the way for most people. Even most rich people would have to really consider it before dropping that kind of money unless they're disgustingly wealthy."
She gave him a slightly bewildered look, trying to withold her judgement. "It's fine really. There are cases way more tragic than mine and I don't regret any of it. So don't waste your pity on me."
Mid explanation Matthias started shedding tears. He waited until she was done to speak, "T-That's so sad. I'm glad you're free from them but it hurts my heart that so many people are like that. Can't we all just choose love and peace ?"
He sniffles and grabs a hankerchief.
"Reminds me of how in the early 60s, a company came up with the idea of translucent neothane tires. Looked very cool but was expensive to make so they were never mass produced."
If Kotaro could find one and afford to buy it off of someone he would even if the tires aren't very+
--- life could have looked like if I'd capitulated. I was alone but I was exonerated without even having to fight them for it. Besides, I had a buddy that I met at school and he let me stay with him while I got sorted."
"Let's just say that my parents were a very specific sub-genre of quirk supremacists. They expected us to live by those beliefs, especially me as the eldest. Right down to who we associated with and especially who we dated. Being in my own wasn't as scary to me as what my ---
"Weren't you scared though ? I moved here just last year as a fully grown adult and i was scared to leave my family behind," his parents are getting up in age now and some days he feels selfish for wanting to grow as both a hero and muscian in another country.
"How did you+
"Don't be. If they hadn't disowned me I'd have done it myself as soon as I got a job and a place." She admitted easily, even now she can't bring herself to feel anything but neutral about the whole ordeal. She wanted nothing to do with them anyway and they did the expensive ---
"Ah. My family didn't really stay in one place too long and I didn't agree with my parents on a lot of things. I was in Japan when they kicked me out so that's where I stayed. I slept on my friend's sofa for about a year and a half while I got my shit together."
"Exactly. I come from a small village where everyone knows each other, it's great when you need to borrow tools or a cup of sugar but word spreads fast. That and if you have problem with one person it makes it hard to socialize after."
"That and besides the family business,+