Cash had been almost disinterested in the conversation until now, but it was that empty laugh - the sound of it, and the words that followed, that caught his attention. Oh. His eyes were fully caught on his sponsor now, as if considering something new - the possibility that someone else felt like this, all the time.

"Doesn't hurt," Cash said, still holding the waste of it between his fingers."Doesn't really help, either. It - gives me something to do with my hands."

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