"Yes, I didn't feel like I should continue to work in the factory when my brother lost his job."
"What will you do back here?"
"I don't know."
"Maybe we should go someplace else to talk. There must be a coffee shop around here."
"There isn't."
"Anywhere?"
"None that I have seen. This is Laos. But we can sit over there."
"There? You will get wet."
"I want to get wet."
They sat down at a bench in the rain away from the crowd that was cuddled in the arch.