Well, there's no money. Well, I mean, I've made money. But you can't really buy anything with it. And it was just a gift. So really, payment isn't exactly an option around here. So generally speaking writing, I just work for favors. I do a thing, then later if I need something that you can do, I get you to do it.

[He didn't like working for free anymore than some people disliked getting things for free. It made his efforts seem far too shallow. Unfortunately he typically wanted for little, so he'd manage to accumulate a lot of favors. Though a lot of those favors tended to expire when the people owing them went home.]