Louie smiled, at first, but his smile faded into something less comfortable and content as Scrooge went on. It kind of shook things to hear him say that, even if he'd alluded to as much in the past.

Besides, he could recall a few other - similar - times where Scrooge had placed a hand to his chest that way, and it left Louie a bit unnerved - he couldn't place why, though.

"Right..." He said after a moment. He did believe Scrooge, it was just a lot to take in. "So what does make a person rich, would you say?"