"It doesn't make a lot of money, but it's better than nothing. And sometimes you get to take some food home for cheap." Which is most of why he does it; that, and to keep busy, to feel useful. He's glad that he's found a job at all.

But he still wants to try for a job at the Institute. It's too much to hope for, but even so - no, maybe because of that - he's determined to try.

The question shocks him out of that thought process. "No... You have?"