Axl: Guys, trust me. I am a business major who attended nearly half his classes. What we have here is something the French call leverage.
Sue: What are you talking about?
Axl: What I'm talking about is Mom and Dad are feeling pretty guilty right about now, so it's a great time to try to get something out of them. You know, it's like a chicken place. They have the power because you want chicken and they have the chicken, so you have to pay them, but if I find a half a rat in my chicken, mnh-mnh, they got to pay me. I have the power. The entire power balance has shifted.
Brick: So you're saying Mom and Dad just gave us half a rat?
Axl: Exactly. And now the question is, what do they have that we want?
Brick: Mm, this would be a lot easier if we had rich parents.
Axl: Ooh, maybe we could ask each of them to give us a kidney, sell it on the black market. 'Course, there are three of us, so one of us would not be getting a kidney.
Brick: Let me guess.
Axl: Yeah, sorry, Brick. But maybe Sue can go halfsies with you on her kidney.