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[crushbutterfly]

[Certainly this is a pretty hot afternoon! Your throat is parched, your brow covered in sweat... fortunately a young girl is suddenly standing behind you, a pitcher of water and a cup in hand]

Would you like a drink?

[it's just water, surely the price for this is very cheap!]

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[namelesslambda]

[It had been a few weeks since she came here. She didn't talk much, but... this girl was unpleasant.

On the other hand, that anemia was getting to her.]

...There's no such thing as a free drink when it's in another's hands.

[crushbutterfly]

You are correct, the water isn't free. But my price is something that would benefit you.

[namelesslambda]

And what do you gain out of the ordeal? Does my benefit help further an agenda I've yet to see?

[crushbutterfly]

It's no ordeal, distrustful one. I offer peace and joy.

[namelesslambda]

Exactly.

What do you gain.

[Skeptical scientist is skeptical.]

[crushbutterfly]

The satisfaction of helping others, as I was once helped.

[namelesslambda]

If it was an assistance that people wanted, you would not have to disguise it under the banner of the price of water on a hot day.

The best assistance to be rendered is the assistance that you can do without asking if you can help.