<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=231827.msg11642953#msg11642953">Quote from: VonDoom on 16-09-2015, 07:21:05</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">.... so I guess prostitute isn't a reasonably neutral term in-setting then? &gt;_&gt; I vaguely recalled it being in use without any particularly negative implications in some of the wuxia I'd seen. Intended to have about the same impact of calling Wu Cai a princess in that situation.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Were the situation different, Mei would probably react far more negatively - and the use of the word definitely will (or would if you choose to keep the edit you made) have an impact on her further interactions with Liem. However, as I've tried to imply in my posts, she is really more concerned with saving Chiang right now, so she's deliberately choosing to ignore the comment whether it be faux pas or veiled insult.