"You shouldn't have to." Rikku took a steadying breath, trying to wrap words around her thoughts.

"It was .... we all lived together," she said. "Nobody went without, because we all needed each other. We were all we had, you know? The Yevonites weren't going to help us, so we had to rely on one another. If someone's hungry, then the rest of us can give up some of our food, so they'll be okay. So we all will, not just some of us. When I want to pay for things, with you, it's not ... because I feel sorry for you, or because it's charity. It's because I have, and you don't, and so whatever I have should be yours, too. You're ... family. Yeah?"