"Can you get federal funding when there's no, like... country?" Freddie asks, still frowning a bit. He waves a hand vaguely at the wall, "This is a bit different from painting a house, mate. I just do it when I'm bored."

It's not entirely true, really. He wouldn't say art is really an itch or anything, but he doesn't only pull out a pen and paper when he's got nothing better to do. But it's either this or fuck around on his computer tablet and he likes having something to look at afterward.

But he's also not sure what the purpose of Noah's idea would be, but it's clear Noah's excited by the idea all the same. And the government doesn't give much of a shit about poor people, do they?"