"If you want to get ahead in life, you need to associate with the right people."

The connections you made would carry you. Your reputation was everything. Get in with the right folk, and you were set to do whatever you put your mind to. That was the story of success for so many people, no matter what dreams they were chasing.

It'd been a very, very long time since the thought had crossed his mind, but there was a point when Emi had wondered what it would be like to have the chance to have a dream.

"Nothing good's gonna come your way when you hang out with the son of a criminal."