I mean- I haven't seen any collectors rounding people up yet. Maybe he doesn't care enough to collect. [ which... well. karen hasn't been here long at all, so no, she wouldn't have seen any debt collectors rounding people up. but she is hoping to maybe get some information out of him.

debt, when the systems are there to really enact them, can be suffocating. murderous, really, depending on where the money is sourced from. but, more often than not, there aren't really choices, and if everyone comes through that same path to get here then everyone being indebted to the same man...

she swallows, thickly, before shaking her head. doesn't matter. focus. ]

Any you recommend? [ it's a joke, she really doesn't plan on going to any alien coffee houses. but then she stops, a little confused. ] You're- aliens? Are there aliens here?

[ she's from new york, after all. ]