This story has a wonderful rhythm — half satire, half small-town Americana hustle. Steve Roach comes alive on the page: a desperate salesman with a silver tongue, always pivoting, always selling, yet also deeply human in his longing for dignity. I especially like how the narrative plays with crypto/mint jargon as if it were old-fashioned frontier banking. It’s witty, ironic, and still sympathetic. The balance between comedy and melancholy makes it memorable.