DM4: Unfortunately Useless Resource, Eliana by Deidarakitty, literature
Literature
DM4: Unfortunately Useless Resource, Eliana
As much as she loved pretty, expensive things, Dagny never understood why so many movies emphasized physical objects as the best part of maintaining a high status in life. Sure it was nice to have freely people give you things, but it was not the most important part of it.
The real perk, the true highlight of popularity, laid in opening up a vast range of connections. This in turn equals a wide pool of resources, not all of which had to be material items. All one had to do was figure out how to exploit said wealth and, thanks to the help of her successful parents, Dagny became very very skilled at playing this game.
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'I shouldn't be here.'
This thought harkened in Camilo's head repeatedly throughout the early afternoon, but he could not put his finger on exactly why.
His entire class had been invited over to Dagny's house for her birthday, as they had all still been in that young age where everyone was invited to every party so no one felt excluded. These days would eventually pass, and admittedly, Camilo thought that might have been for the best.
He recalled so people together in one place to celebrate Dagny's birthday; yet even in such a large house, Dagny's family came from a bit more money than he was used to, Camilo still felt so alone, so out of pla