"Why would you feel dirty about it? The escorts here have complete control over which clients they take, and no quota they have to fulfill. Ishaza says she's taken a year off and nobody hasseled her about it. I can see why you'd feel poorly about using a regular prostitute, some places aren't good about regulation, but in the Rose Bowers?"

"It just - it didn't feel like I'd earned it."

"Audrey darling, you earned it by being brave enough to ask."

"I... guess that makes sense."

"Anyway. I see Hannah coming with your food."

Audrey turns and waves. "Hey Hannah!" 

"Hey there. Line might be long but it moves quick. I've got steak and mashed potatoes and chocolate cake for you, gourmet pizza for myself. And I see we have your other self joining us at the table."

"I mean, yes, if you don't mind."

"That's fine." She sits and puts Audrey's plate across the table for her.

She sits. "So Aurica here was telling me all about her encounter with an escort."

"I'm Aurica, she's Tabs, if you need to distinguish. And what a dirty move."

"I think I'm starting to get the hang of this teasing thing."

"So spill," says Hannah. "Unless we're prying."

"There's not much to tell. I hired a tiefling courtesan by the name of Ishaza, she was satisfying, that's that."

"Satisfying how? Inquiring minds want to know."

"She fingerfucked me until I came, alright?"

"Alright. So Aurica, what have you been doing for fun around here?"

She smiles, grateful for the change of subject. "Reading, mostly. I'm in club coze's book club, and they have a quite substantial volume of both erotica and non-erotic reading material. I, ah, have rather spent the week curled up with a good book and my tenta-pet."

"Can't you get that experience at home?"

"Not really, no! I have a roommate so I can't really use a tenta-pet as intended, so I don't own one. The peace and quiet and, um, other things, have been very helpful."

"I mean, if the Bowers can at least give you that I won't judge. It does seem - a little wasteful."

"Yeah. Which is why I'm so happy that I can manage dialing an escort now. It's - a step up."

"Yeah, I... guess it kind of is. If you can't manage real connections with other people."

"Hey, that wasn't nice."

Aurica waves it off. "It's not wrong of her to say, I do have problems making connections with others."