[ Initially, all Seth has is tired disdain. Richie turned Jed's into the Twister, and Seth shouldn't fault him, except he does. Or he would have, if Richie hadn't kept talking. The truth of how Richie feeds complicates everything. Seth's disdain ebbs into a snarled mess that eventually settles on guilt as he realizes what Richie's chosen food source has saddled him with.
(It's hard not to think of their father; this is not the first time in their lives that Richie has decided on a very final solution to an ugly problem.)
Maybe he should be happier that his brother isn't making meals of innocent folks stopping in for a drink. But it's hard to accept that silver lining when he thinks about Richie caught between a rock and a hard place, and Seth unable to solve the problem. Food had been a difficulty when they were young, but they're long past the point where Seth can lift groceries from the corner store for them both. ]
Fuck. Alright, fine, we don't have time to prop you up by a bar and let you get that operation off the ground. We need another plan.
[ Focusing on the immediacy of the problem is easier than trying to sort out exactly what kind of response he should have to what Richie's telling him. ]
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(It's hard not to think of their father; this is not the first time in their lives that Richie has decided on a very final solution to an ugly problem.)
Maybe he should be happier that his brother isn't making meals of innocent folks stopping in for a drink. But it's hard to accept that silver lining when he thinks about Richie caught between a rock and a hard place, and Seth unable to solve the problem. Food had been a difficulty when they were young, but they're long past the point where Seth can lift groceries from the corner store for them both. ]
Fuck. Alright, fine, we don't have time to prop you up by a bar and let you get that operation off the ground. We need another plan.
[ Focusing on the immediacy of the problem is easier than trying to sort out exactly what kind of response he should have to what Richie's telling him. ]