Richmond
Brooke! Bet you're proud of yourself, aren't you?
Richmond
Swine Investments is looking through our books right now. What do you think they're going to see when they find this on the balance sheet?
Brooke
That we give loans to anyone who meets our requirements. That we don't discriminate.
Richmond
Get your feral mind around the big picture. When they spot this, they're not going to see an investment. They're going to see a charity.
Brooke
You think they'll pull the merger over a single loan.
Richmond
Because of what it represents, yellow-eyes. They're going to wonder where else do we pass out free money. They'll go deeper, looking at the last 20 years, 30, 40 of balance sheets.
Richmond
So we miss the window. The merger gets postponed until after the quarterly report, and the whole deal goes belly up.
Brooke
That family gets to eat tonight, Richmond. And you're crying over lost dividends.
Richmond
I'm crying over the jobs and dreams that were depending on this merger happening on schedule.
Brooke
So you want the poor to die out so the rich can get richer. Here's a bigger picture for you, Richmond. Check your halo. It's getting rusty.
