The hug felt great and it was over too soon. Benjamin watched Dia leave, but then quickly went to the place the meal would be served and chose a table to sit. He got scolded for being late, but he didn't listen to that. They could scold him all they wanted, he didn't care. They put pills on the table, but he ignored it. He already had taken some that day, just to get out of that cell. Once was enough.

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"This way," Marc said and he led the way to the cash-out point. "Here, you can have mine. Count the number of tickets you have and then you can pick something worth that amount. All the prices are labelled, so you can just tell the man what you want and any spare tickets you can keep for the next time."