In the same breath, he says: "When, however, the individual modifies himself in response to the environment, the adaptation is called '
autoplastic.'" (16) Indeed, it's no exaggeration to make the contention that street life calls for once 'alloplastic' and '
autoplastic' adaptations, both of which Azure is an example as he says, in his opening gambit to tout a client "I'll do anything for fifty bucks" (TC, 20).