[ It is most certainly both, since living the garbage life is a hard one!! But at least the topic of jobs gets Kasen's expression to change, since that's mostly a better topic. Mostly only because some of the suggestions were insulting... ]

I was, yes. I'll be taking the suggestion to be the master of tea ceremony at Porta Caelestis. [ He nods, at least brightened by that suggestion. ] There was no other choice, really. That is a profession I am best suited to, as a sword of the liberal arts.

[ A pause, and then he grumbles lowly: ] ...And because the other suggestions were a street sweep and a slam poet for hire, whatever that is.