[BOY IT SURE IS and I'm cackling, thank u for this

The expression that flashes across Oscar's face this time is surprised, pained, and it's a moment before he can smooth it back out into something neutral.

... well. He can't say that he wouldn't have been left to die if it hadn't been for the orphanage. Who would want the child of a whore, after all?]

Some people care. Not everyone. There's plenty of people who'd be happy to leave 'em in the gutter, especially if they're just commoners.