She's familiar with searching out business opportunities. Hell, that's why she actually took the hostess job. She's not sure about her parents' finances, but surely they must be having trouble making rent if Lenya's doing all these side hustles and Father's off on a fishing boat for a week or two at a time? "Well, she does tend to muddle through somehow. I'll find out soon enough."

She has yet to deposit or cash her first weeks' pay. A state of affairs that would annoy Grams, to be sure, but better to know where that money needs to go before spending it.

As opposed to Maomao's openness in the womens' baths, Natalia's mostly curled up to hide the extent of her bruising.