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Cale is used to being without.
Whether it’s food, sleep, safety or otherwise, he’s used to the feeling of lacking something.
His past has been filled with it. Anything that could be desirable, he’s been without it before.
So it’s no wonder he wants to be a slacker. It’s no wonder he asks if people have eaten or if they’ve slept. That’s what he’s always wanted. To be content. To not be lacking something. He wants to be bored because it means he’s not worrying about something.
No one else can understand why he so adamantly exclaims that his dream is to be a slacker yet can never seem to throw himself into the next problem— because he knows more than anyone else that he’s always had to fight for his peace.
As an orphan, as a teenager, as 20 year old KRS and as the 35 year old KRS. He understands more than anyone that the slacker life isn’t going to come easily. He had to fight for the bare minimum for years, so he is determined to fight for the maximum for even longer.
It’s his determination to be content that keeps him going. His refusal to lack something. His refusal to lose something.