I wouldn't conflate bribe/coruption with payment. As far as 2) goes, I don't think that is actually true. Sometimes people don't have time for children's quest

I wouldn't conflate bribe/coruption with payment. As far as 2) goes, I don't think that is actually true. Sometimes people don't have time for children's questions, but when a child asks why summer is different than winter nobody in modern times says because Demeter is sad about the rape of her daughter.