Hohoho. Natalia is bringing out the Good Snacks. Maomao knows she's on the right track, and now she is in her element. Based on her blanket antisociality at school, you'd never guess what a little saleswoman she can be.
"Not all of them, ma'am," Maomao assures her. "To ask you to produce on that level would, I'm sure, only serve to cheapen a luxury product. But if you've heard of Verdigris House, then perhaps you've also heard of the Three Princesses."
Pairin, Joka, and Meimei — three of the most popular courtesans in Chalra City, and minor celebrities in their own right. And all celebrities need to keep up their appearances.
"A high-class courtesan needs high-class fashion," Maomao says expansively, "not just for outerwear, but underwear as well. One can't simply wear the same thing season after season. And nothing says status like bespoke lingerie."
Maomao is offering not only a (currently unauthorized) promise of steady, spaced-out orders, but a relationship with an institution of cultural prestige. Sure, not every business wants to be associated with a pleasure house, but Verdigris isn't just any old pleasure house, and clearly, Natalia's mother isn't just any old businesswoman.
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"Not all of them, ma'am," Maomao assures her. "To ask you to produce on that level would, I'm sure, only serve to cheapen a luxury product. But if you've heard of Verdigris House, then perhaps you've also heard of the Three Princesses."
Pairin, Joka, and Meimei — three of the most popular courtesans in Chalra City, and minor celebrities in their own right. And all celebrities need to keep up their appearances.
"A high-class courtesan needs high-class fashion," Maomao says expansively, "not just for outerwear, but underwear as well. One can't simply wear the same thing season after season. And nothing says status like bespoke lingerie."
Maomao is offering not only a (currently unauthorized) promise of steady, spaced-out orders, but a relationship with an institution of cultural prestige. Sure, not every business wants to be associated with a pleasure house, but Verdigris isn't just any old pleasure house, and clearly, Natalia's mother isn't just any old businesswoman.