Simple weight painting job for someone who knows more than me

Getting frustrated with weight painting this guy. All I need help with is the ribs/shoulders/upper arms junction. It’s a complex rig only in that there is a skirt with its own bones, but I’ve got that handled OK. I think the topology at the shoulders is less than ideal but should be behaving better than I can get it.

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