Minara sighed heavily, leaning back on the living room floor. "It's not your fault, Sapphire..." she admits, her eyes closed. "God knows the Council gives the school board enough trouble with funding education... we're lucky the school-macros are such fixtures in this city, they have a lot of pull in the community, but still..."<br/><br/>She runs her hands through her long black hair.<br/><br/>"a teacher makes lives, not a big paycheck. My rent alone-"<br/><br/>Minara suddenly cuts off. She remains quiet for a long few moments. If Sapphire could actually SEE inside herself (Which, admittedly, Minara had forgotten to ask), she'd see that the tanned woman's eyes and opened up VERY wide.<br/><br/>"Sapphire? The downpayment for three years is at least 50% of the sale price, as per city ordinances, right?" she asks, strangely intent in her tone of voice.<br/><br/>000000000000<br/><br/>Janet chuckles as she revs up her Jets.<br/><br/>"well, thanks buddy, but thing is, I'm not exactly on great terms with the MOTHERs at the moment." She grits her synthetic teeth and her brow furrows. "I want to be my OWN mech, and they're really clingy ever since they took themselves over. Every time I see them, it's all,"<br/><br/>She puts a bit of falsetto into her tomboyish voice.<br/><br/>"'come back to us, we have a nice safe job for you! don't fly so high and fast! You aren't old enough to make good decisions!' Ugh..."<br/><br/>She smile's ruefully down at Eric. "Yeah, so... I know they'll take care of you, but I'm NOT hanging around there."<br/><br/>(Gonna PM you Jon.)