“Ma, there’s not much here for me. No future. Pay in Utah is low—you know that. Maybe twenty or thirty dollars a month with board—and the board’s not much to brag about in most places. There’s no excitement around here. I’m not a kid anymore. Gotta be thinking about my future.”
– Robert LeRoy Parker, better known as Butch Cassidy, born this date in 1866.
Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist confronts an inveterate but lovable recidivist.
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