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I__ trying to make a profit. I__ using batteries, toilet paper, and paper towels as currency. Each is something that will eventually be in short supply.___ou__e trying to get all the toilet paper in town?_ Astrid shrilled. __re you kidding?___o, Astrid, I__ not kidding,_ Albert said. __ook, right now, kids are playing with the stuff. I saw little kids throwing rolls of it around on their lawns like it was a toy. So____o your solution is to try and take it all away from people?___ou__ rather see it wasted?___eah, actually,_ Astrid huffed. __ather than you getting it all for yourself. You__e acting like a jerk.__lbert__ eyes flared. __ook, Astrid, now kids know they can buy their way into the club with it. So they__e not going to waste it anymore.___o, they__e going to give it all to you,_ she shot back. __nd what happens when they need some?___hen there will still be some left because I made it valuable.___aluable to you.___aluable to everyone, Astrid.___t__ you taking advantage of kids dumb enough not to know any better. Sam, you have to put a stop to this.__am had drifted away from the conversation, his head full of the music. He snapped back. __he__ right, Albert, this isn__ okay. You didn__ get permission____ didn__ think I needed permission to give kids what they want. I mean, I__ not threatening anyone, saying, __ive me your toilet paper, give me your batteries._ I__ just playing some music and saying, __f you want to come in and dance, then it__l cost you.____ude, I respect you being ambitious and all,_ Sam said. __ut I have to shut this down. You never got permission, even, let alone asked us if it was okay to charge people.__lbert said, __am, I respect you more than I can even say. And Astrid, you are way smarter than me. But I don__ see how you have the right to shut me down.__hat was it for Sam. __kay, I tried to be nice. But I am the mayor. I was elected, as you probably remember, since I think you voted for me.___ did. I__ do it again, man. But Sam, Astrid, you guys are wrong here. This club is about all these kids have that can get them together for a good time. They__e sitting in their homes starving and feeling sad and scared. When they__e dancing, they forget how hungry and sad they are. This is a good thing I__ doing.__am stared hard at Albert, a stare that kids in Perdido Beach took seriously. But Albert did not back down.__am, how many cantaloupes did Edilio manage to bring back with kids who were rounded up and forced to work?_ Albert asked.__ot many,_ Sam admitted.__rc picked a whole truckload of cabbage. Before the zekes figured out how to get at him. Because we paid Orc to work.___e did it because he__ the world__ youngest alcoholic and you paid him with beer,_ Astrid snapped. __ know what you want, Albert. You want to get everything for yourself and be this big, important guy. But you know what? This is a whole new world. We have a chance to make it a better world. It doesn__ have to be about some people getting over on everyone else. It can be fair to everyone.__lbert laughed. __veryone can be equally hungry. In a week or so, everyone can starve.