"Huh. Bar, can I get a little sample-size cup to try it?"

14 credits. Little cup.

"--Huh, that's expensive." She pays for it anyway and takes a sip.

"Well, of course most things are usually free, in Ibyabek."

"It's okay. Milkshake's better." She finishes the tea custard and goes back to drinking her shake. 

He scoffs and sips his custard.

"I'll buy you one to compare, if you want."

"Sure," he says, after a moment's thought. "I like ice cream too."

"What's your favorite flavor? Bar, a milkshake of that flavor for him on me."

"Red bean," he says, and a red bean milkshake appears. He tastes it. "It's like ice cream," he says. "I guess it's a little better than just melted ice cream."

"It's way better. But tastes differ, I suppose."

He finishes the milkshake and goes back to his custard. "Thank you," he says.

"You're welcome. How does things usually being free...work?"

"If you need to go to the hospital or something, you can just go. Most planets make you pay for it, even if you're dying."

"Why do people become doctors, then?"

"Because they're smart enough to be doctors and we need doctors?"

"...But...what do they get out of it."

"They get to be doctors, of course."

"Why do they want to be doctors? Being a doctor is a lot of work."

"So is anything else they'd be doing."

"Why are they doing any of the anything else if they can just get free stuff whenever?"

"They have to do something."

"What's making them?"

"People can't just laze around and not work. If they don't have the work ethic for a good job they'll get one with lots of support instead."

"What happens if they don't?"