[ he'd rather make a kid go home happy personally if that were even the case, but. yeah, no. he's from brooklyn, he's not falling for this. ]

Oh, damn . . . Wow. [ he exaggerates his body language in turn: puffs his cheeks up, exhales through puckered lips and wipes his hands through his hair and to his sides with a plop against his new clothes. ] Y'know, for the kids? I totally would, I getcha'.

But I don't gotta cent on me.

[ big puppy teenager eyes! oh no! so sad! ]

—But what I do got is time to see them kids and offer my community service hours from the bottom of my heart, just like you. [ hooked! spun! got 'em. ] So. Y'know, just— Lead the way, yeah?

[ he's bluffing. because if this is what he thinks it is, she's going to double down. ]