"People like us, who work on farms, are very lonely. They don't have a family. They don't have a home. They go to a farm, collect some money and immediately go to the city and spend it all... And then they go to another farm. They don't have a future ahead of them." Lennie was satisfied. "That's it... that's it. Now tell me about us." George continued: "For us, it's not like that. We have a future. We have someone to talk to, someone who cares about us. We don't have to sit in bars and waste our evenings because we have nowhere else to go. If the other guys end up in jail and get thrown in there, no one will care. But for us, it's not the same." Lennie interrupted him: "But for us, it's not the same! And why? Because... I have you taking care of me, and you have me taking care of you. That's why."