“Yeah? Riddle me this then: Did Twilight cry for your help when she became the princess’ personal protégé? Did Shining ask for mommy and daddy’s bits before he was made captain of the royal guards? No! Neither of them licked your boots to achieve their goals; they did it all on their own! So you would think that, by comparison, my sorry 28-year-old ass should at the very least be capable of affording its own plot of land without resorting to begging for your cash!!”