[Except that in this place there's no apparent future to work for and whatever life can be had here is just a dead-ended life. But he won't say that, she probably wouldn't understand it either way, so he does what he always does. He ignores the parts he doesn't like and focuses in what he likes. The girl has hope and refuses to give up on that, even if she misuses it, she's still a couple steps ahead of many. That's a lot to say in her favor.]
Is that what you're trying to do here? To teach everyone how to still have hope?
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Is that what you're trying to do here? To teach everyone how to still have hope?