[ Yuri couldn't miss that reaction if he tried, and he grasps it well. Exploiting others in that way is predatory in its own right, and it can grind people who were already at a low place in life even lower still.
And so there follows a ripple of understanding, the mental equivalent of a supportive hand on his shoulder. ]
There's a fellow named Claude who'd be a help on this, so I intend to give him a heads-up. He's from home, or some version of it, and I know him to be a capable man. I think you'd work well together.
[ Similar brands of idealism, he thinks, as another idealist himself. ]
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[ Yuri couldn't miss that reaction if he tried, and he grasps it well. Exploiting others in that way is predatory in its own right, and it can grind people who were already at a low place in life even lower still.
And so there follows a ripple of understanding, the mental equivalent of a supportive hand on his shoulder. ]
There's a fellow named Claude who'd be a help on this, so I intend to give him a heads-up. He's from home, or some version of it, and I know him to be a capable man. I think you'd work well together.
[ Similar brands of idealism, he thinks, as another idealist himself. ]