"You two sound like proper criminals. What do they call it? Career criminals? I guess this kind of thing is just a complication to you." Barry didn't get how anyone could live like this but apparently they could and it seemed pointless to argue with him other his own chosen lifestyle. "I was never very good at that. I don't have the sort of drive. Also I always feared this place, you know? Good deterrent."
"I'm a crook, yes. But I've also just been worse places than here." Like home. "Compared to that, this is vacation time. Besides, I usually don't stay all that long." Leonard was smirking, as if it was just a joke. Hey, he'd not admit to having an actual prison break plan to a near stranger, but he could definitely joke about it, everyone did. "But you're a good kid, Barry. Mick and I never finished high school and all I've ever done is be a crook."
"I'm not that good of a kid if I ended up here, am I?" Barry shrugged, not sure what else to say. Yes, he'd finished high school and college but that didn't make him any better or any smarter than Leonard. That was for certain. "I just hope when I get out of here, I have a chance to do better." And maybe he'll get out of here with some good info or they'd probably never get him out.
"You're definitely a good kid. Good kids end up here all the time. They just don't stay good. That's why you're my project. I'll just have to keep you from the wrong influences. Read a book instead." Leonard winked and opened his own book back up, finding where he'd left of.
"So you're going to keep me good? Away from drugs, whores and violence? Well, can't really protest." Barry laughed and got up, taking a book of his own from the shelf and doing exactly as he was told. He sat down and read the book. Like a good boy.
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