[Oh, he's definitely buckled in. And listening quietly with a neutral look once she gets started on this whole shitty tirade that apparently started by her parents selling her off. He raises his brows at that first part but otherwise gives no visual indication of his opinion.]

Whoever decides what goes on these lists has a warped, outside view of things. Case in point, the situation you just spoke of.

[He turns his hand to examine his nails, which are mostly all grown back after having all of the ones on his left hand torn off earlier that year.]

One of the ones on mine is "gang affiliation." I formed a team that you could "maybe" —[Both hands move to make finger quotes in the air.]— call a gang. Less the violent type, though we can hold our own in a fight. Think more along the lines of extortion and market control.

I did it to make a living supporting myself and restrict access to something so that everyone else had to rely on the information I sold them. They wound up disadvantaged and lacking experience as a result. I'm completely unrepentant about it. It was just business and not against any known rules. But some out there might call our business style a "dick move" that gave us unfair advantages.