Quote Originally Posted by Grinner View Post
Have you considered the possibility that he's racked up a huge debt to someone? Or he's friends with a shopkeeper? Or he owes a huge debt to his friend, the shopkeeper?
You could also go the Charlie And the Chocolate Factory route: the kid's super-poor, but his entire community is (for some reason) riding their hopes and dreams on him and contributing their pittances towards his uber-deck.