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Dr. Morley:Huh. I never really thought about that [laughs]. I think I do that, too. Maybe it’s a married thing?

Dylan:Maybe.

Dr. Morley:So how did you do things before? In your life before Sandy Haven.

Dylan:You’d just make the fucking popcorn and eat it.

Dr. Morley:[laughs] Makes sense, I guess.

Dylan:Yeah.

Dr. Morley:So, what’s something that’s different in your new life that you find hardest to adapt to?

Dylan:Not sure…. The popcorn thing, I guess.

Dr. Morley:Really? You’re telling me the way your new family makes popcorn is the hardest thing to adjust to?

Dylan:Yup.

Dr. Morley:I call bullshit.

Dylan:[No response]

Dr. Morley:You’re still not going to change your answer?

Dylan:Nope.

Dr. Morley:Okay… So, what’s thebestthing about your new life, then?

Dylan:The money, I guess.

Dr. Morley:I get that. Definitely nice not having to stressabout money, right?

Dylan:Yeah.

Dr. Morley:What was the money situation like for you—before?

Dylan:I was living on the streets. How do you think the money situation was?

Dr. Morley:Fair point… What about a couple months before you got arrested—when you were living with Eli—what was the money situation like there?

Dylan:You made do. You figured it out.

Dr. Morley:How so?

Dylan:Just like I said. You figured it out.

Dr. Morley:And part of figuring it out would be…

Dylan:Whatever you had to do.

Dr. Morley:So… possibly stealing?

Dylan:[unintelligible]

Dr. Morley:Going hungry some days?

Dylan:Sure.

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