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brbnk2k"Uh...Excuse me...Do you have some change to spare?"
"[Yes. It is hidden in my chair's right armrest. But I cannot move either arm so you will have to scoot over her and pick it up yourself.]"
The homeless youth does as Elise said through her state-of-the-art powerchair's voice synthesizer, who then concedes: "[Take it. All of it. And remember to put the lid back on.]"
"Really? Th-Thank you!" She replies, clearly in awe of such an unusual display of generosity, let alone from someone with a physical impairment far more dire than hers however financially well-off she may be.
"[Mon plaisir. By the way, you do not look from around here. What is your name?]"
"Anna. I've been in town for a while actually, doing odd jobs before finding myself here. And you are?"
"[Elise. Nice to meet you.]"
"Nice to meet you too. If that high-end wheelchair needs fixing, you know where to find me."
"[Thank you for the offer, but it already features a direct hotline with the official store I got it from so I am already covered in that respect. The same cannot be said about my computer back at home though.]"
"Oh?"
"[It refuses to boot up after a recent power outage. We can supply you with whatever you need to work on it, since we have no clue on how to fix it ourselves, which is where I hope the skills you claim to have come in useful.]"
"I see...Well, I'll most definitely try my best. When can I get started?"
"[If you have nowhere else to be, I suggest you follow me on the way back home. If everything goes right, I will see that your efforts be rewarded handsomely. In fact, I might even arrange for a roof over your head and more dignified manner of mobility equipment.]"
"That would be amazing! But I'll admit, I got burned several times before but...It's not like I have much to lose at this point so...Let's do this!"
(Elise, the rich paralyzed girl, is one of user/43630153 's characters. Anna, the homeless polio surviving young woman, was initially going to be a nameless one-off character but user/43630153 liked the concept behind her so much that we agreed to give her a name, a backstory and a place in his already well-expanded setting so yeah, definitely expect to see more of her at some point.)
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