"No one ever gives me nothin', even when I do ask." Aren shrugs, not seeing the point in that. Even Rica, the one person who's always nice to her, can't often afford more than the very basics and sometimes not even that.

She glances at him, sidelong. "...what would you want?" If someone's offering something, it's never just a gift. She's not dumb enough to think that'd change now, especially with someone just as desperate as her.