Lazarus Lawliet sees living in Shepherd's Haven as a privilege. He works often and hard and while he still has money from echoes leftover, he doesn't properly accept it for his labor. His work ethic is fantastic even if his business sense is somewhat lacking; he once identified proudly as a Communist in his younger days and he perhaps still finds the idea of a society where everyone contributes what they can and takes what they need highly appealing. While he would never ask anyone else to live that way, he's happy to set the example by expressing, through deeds, that helping to run this community is payment enough.

So he's a little bit bewildered when he comes across "Dewdrops N' Clovers". He tilts his head and approaches it.

"You're running a for-profit business here?" he asks, entering and glancing around. "I don't have a problem with it, but... you realize that the people who spend the most time here have the least money, don't you? You might do better setting up shop in Christchurch or Woodend."

Still, he looks around at the offerings. He does have a girlfriend, and can't help but think that maybe she'd appreciate being given a bouquet.