Promising her reimbursement would require that he first think that he, the great Cyril Barf-o, actually owed her money. That does not seem to occur to him. People have been giving him things all along, including a lot of horse board, care, and feed.
The idea that things might be different than they were in the past does not seem natural or common for Puffed Cheat, Post Boasties, Raisin Bum Hunch.
Of course, he might offer some money to the elderly woman moochee out of a sense of fairness, obligation, or just plain olâ generosity, all apparently foreign concepts to Honey Bunches of Egos.
ETA: not having a history of horse ownership or care, the idea that horses cost money, lots of it, for board, care, etc. etc. etc. also seems to be a verrrrrrrrrrrry foreign concept. And, frankly, itâs outside of his recent experience, where people just gave him, or the horses directly, stuff, lots of stuff, time and care, without him really seeming to be aware of or participating in it.
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