"The only time a stranger ever did anything for me, it was only because we'd taken someone in who was worse off than we were," Surreal said bluntly. "It was at her insistence that he paid any attention to us at all."

"I don't go about kicking puppies in the street, mind you, but if it's between my family and someone off the street? It's not even a choice. I wouldn't feel guilty, and I didn't mind the question."