Which makes him self conscious. Gamma had needed new clothes for school, and so Delta had put off a trip to the thrift store for himself so that Gamma could get some things.

Feeling bad about the little display of his family's poverty, Delta clutches his bag of toiletries to his chest and slips past York to go to the bathroom to put his things away. A toothbrush, a cheap plastic hairbrush he'd bought at the store today, and a small travel tube of toothpaste. Disposable razors and shaving cream would have to wait.