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MAVEN · Season 1 · Part 7 of 7

This Money Already Has a Job.

Parts · 7 in this arc
  1. 1. He Gets Paid Friday.
  2. 2. It’s Only Fifteen Dollars.
  3. 3. I Didn’t Want the Lecture.
  4. 4. I Need to Tell You What Happened.
  5. 5. I Thought We Handled It.
  6. 6. I Need an Actual Date.
  7. 7. This Money Already Has a Job.

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MAVEN — Money Already Promised, Part 7: This Money Already Has a Job. Full transcript follows.
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Panel 1: Friday. $70 received. Still owed: $70.

Panel 2: The following Friday. $70 received. Still owed: $0.

Panel 3: Later, on a campus bench, Eli asks: “We’re good now?” Maven: “The money’s paid back. Thank you.”

Panel 4: Maven: “Next time, I need you to tell me before a payment is late.” Eli: “Okay.”

Panel 5: That evening, Max asks on the phone: “What are you doing with it?”

Panel 6: Maven: “What it was supposed to do.” Her notebook lists upcoming expenses: laundry, toiletries, bus fare. Returned: $140.

Closing question: What changed besides the balance?

Arc complete

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