Kumi taps on her phone, and a pile of five bags of peppermint patties appears on the nightstand.

"Ooo."

"Would you like me to handfeed you these?"

Blushhhhhh. "That would be nice."

She opens the closest bag with her claws and peels off the foil from the patty. She extends it toward Audrey's mouth.

Aaaaaaahhhh.

Kumi sets the patty delicately on Audrey's tongue.

Audrey chews, swallows. 

"Thank you."

"It's fine. I rarely get to snuggle and feed peppermint chocolate as my day job."

"But don't you like the sex?"

"Anything can get wearing if you do too much of it."

"And you... feel pressure to?"

"For the sake of the clients, mostly. There are a lot of people who just need a little help finding their way."

"I'm getting the impression that the lot of you think of your job more as therapists than sex workers."

"It's more sex worker for me. Tasha's really into the deep end of that, but - bringing people pleasure and happiness can't be a bad thing, right?"

"I guess. Feelings are complicated sometimes."

"Which is why you sometimes have us. Or part of why."

"Could you... list some things you've done recently?"

"Well, there's client confidentiality to consider, but recently - I rounded out the numbers at a party. I was a virgin's first time. I gave someone aftercare their partner didn't - that one is you. I checked a rigger's work to make sure it was safe and play-worthy. I had casual sex a half-dozen times. I got shared in a threesome. I whipped someone. I wandered the blackberry gardens for about three hours and let anyone I came across have their way with me. Then I went hunting submissives in the gardens for another two hours, claws-out. I had a client forget to properly safe their S&M equipment - fortunately I caught it. The wards would have prevented anything really hazardous, but still. Um... I think that's about it."

"Oh wow, that's a lot. You must be very busy."

"Not too busy for you, darling." She strokes Audrey's hair back, out of her face; then she offers another peppermint patty.

Nom.

Pet, pet.

"Do you like these patties especially?"

"I prefer gummies, actually, these are just what Lily left me."

"Oh, I see. Would you like some?"