“I—I lost my shoe. It’s back there in the creek. I didn’t pack another pair. I didn’t think I’d—”
“We’ll get you another shoe.”
“Where? How?”
[…]
“Lots of places sell shoes, Abbott. That’s not our chief concern right now.”

— Abbott and Ether in Jason Pargin's, I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom, Ch. Day 2, p. 187, 2024, St. Martin's Press