It’s not that surprising actually when you look into it; however, just like everything else, there’s always room to improve,” I explained before pausing to glance up to gauge Reiner’s reaction.
“Aha…and?” Reiner prompted for me to go on.
That was a good sign. The fact that he hadn’t asked me any challenging questions meant that so far what I said still made sense to him.
“I think the basic idea is to reduce the cost per head in taking care of a child. That comes down to optimizing the cost for food, educational materials, and this suspicious bucket here that is labeled as ‘others’,” I explained further.
“Others…” Reiner murmured as his eyes fell on the bucket of costs that I had been referring to.
“Exactly. No one really knows what goes into that ‘others’ bucket and that is going to be one of our priorities to find out tomorrow when we make our visit to the orphanage,” I said before giving Reiner a pointed look.
