Nothing obvious.

Yep, poor. He really does want to go home now.

He'll just wait for her to finish her conversation and follow wherever she tells him to go next.

She finishes her conversation and heads out of the compound.

It's a lot more crowded outside, and it smells. A lot of people look pretty poor, though some people are wearing extravagant outfits and jewelry and don't look poor at all. There are homeless people sleeping along the walls of a lot of the buildings. 

Yep, this is what happens when you let everyone choose not to do the worst kinds of work. Of course it is. It's surprising that anyone has any jewelry.

"Who are the rich people?"

"Hm? I dunno, probably businesspeople? Rainfold's a port city, we do a lot of trade with peoples to the west of here."

"I see." So they're people who deal with more functional societies. Of course they are. "Thank you."

"Mhmm. I guess they could also be people in government or from the university, those people tend to be on the wealthy side? But of course most money is in business. That's how it should be."

"How it should be?"

"Yeah. If too much of the money is tied up in the government, it does bad things to incentives."

"I don't understand what that means."

"Oh. Uh, I'm not an economist. Just, my impression is that if too much of the money is in the government, then lots of people are motivated to go into government just for the sake of personal gain, and it's better if those people go into business and have to make money by getting individual people to voluntarily pay for services."

"...You seem to really care about things being voluntary."

" - some things can't be voluntary? Like, we do have laws here. Couldn't have a functional city without them. But - it's better not to force people into things if you can help it."

"Because it's bad or because it causes bad things to happen?"

" - both?"

"What bad things does it cause?"

"Inequality, oppression, unhappiness, being deprived of the ability to pursue the things that are best for you and the people you're responsible for? It depends on the specific situation, of course, but speaking in generalities - "

"...It doesn't seem like you have the opportunity to pursue the things that are best for you or the people you're responsible for here."