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"I'll take you there in a second, sure. I bet food'll be done soon. But before we do that, now that this is square, I want to make one thing /absolutely/ clear. I am not a nice guy or a white knight. Any Cinderella fantasies need to go away, right now. This sounds like a great deal, and it is, but its /not/ a charity. Its a job offer, and you will treat it like one. I'm fronting you money for tools, rooms and repairs, it is a loan, not a gift. Your brother gets to come along because you're more than worth it. But if you tell me you'll work twenty hours in a week, you will work twenty hours that week. If you tell me you'll do forty, you will work forty, because that's what I'll be billing customers for. If you screw up, I will tell you, and you will do the work again til its right. The people who pay this kind of money for repairs do not want functional. They want it to look right, feel right and sound right. They are paying top dollar for high quality machines with a trademarked sound and a lot of history. Parts for 50's and 60's Harleys are not cheap, so if you damage them, it comes out of your pay. We do not use modern parts when someone wants their 72 'Glide fixed, we use restored or remolded '72 parts. I'll take care of getting the right things, but you'll be expected to do the work you're told and that you commit to."

He pauses, still looking her straight in the eye.

"You're getting this job offer because you are /good/. You are /worth/ this kind of money, and its just the beginning. If you can learn the language, get schooled up enough to tell a shovelhead from a panhead on sight, know what bolts go into a '59, not just fix them, but speak the language, I will dock my own pay to help get you certified, because a certified mechanic with your speed and skill could make 30 to 45 dollars an hour and get people driving 500 miles to come to your shop - and I think you're good enough to do it, and if so, I want you working in my shop. But that's as far as talent gets you - your foot in the door. From now on, you will earn your room and board, you will earn your job, and you will earn my trust. Do you understand?"