“It's the way the whole thing works, people like Elias get wasted...”

Chris

It's the way the whole thing works, people like Elias get wasted, people like Barnes just go on making up the rules any way they want. So what do we do? Sit in the middle and suck on it. We just don't add up to dry shit, King.

King

Whoever said we did, man? All you got to do is make it out of here. It's all gravy, everyday the rest of your life, gravy.

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