Horizon of Darkness

"He won't take a coin for that bucket; it's not a person, and he wouldn't even think of it as a separate passenger – just some kind of vomit," Zeikin thought. "But still, it's not right to cheat the driver; it's his expenses – the wear and tear on the vehicle and the muscles that move it. And it's not worth angering the higher powers with petty tricks." After nodding approvingly at his own logical reasoning, he prepared to definitely extract that silver coin from the bucket, even if he had to use tweezers, in case the slug decided to be clever.
- "Don't get attached to material things," he reminded the bucket, tapping it with his finger in a didactic manner.