[Alfredo looks downright frustrated, though he masks that by turning back to drying dishes.]

It's not- ... Things can happen, and there's tension, but the only resolution most people can focus on is graduating.

[If being on the Clipper isn't itself already an improvement on home - and Alfredo's aware enough of where some of his compatriots are coming from not to hold that against them much.]

It's harder to feel things are worth striving for, here.

[Though the idea that people in general are worth standing up for keeps him going, most days.]