Between Avelle's comforting words and Scarab's reassurance Bao-li seemed to be calming a little. She still looked a little embarrassed, and probably would for a while yet, but she no longer appeared to be utterly mortified and she didn't pull away when he caught one of her hands. She was blushing still as she smiled, but the Sidereal could tell it wasn't<em>just</em>because of her near fall.<br/><br/>Up on the stage, it was clear the Cheung sisters were not taking the fact that they'd been upstaged by some glorified innkeeper and a nobody mortal well. Once the applause had died away they resumed their performance, the sudden swell of essence was garish to Scarab's enhanced sight. It might have been "cheating," according to Scarab, but the show was at least more lively and entertaining now. As an added benefit Bao-li seemed to relax a little as the attention of the room shifted back to the performers.<br/><br/>"You...heard something, Master Scarab?" she asked, the pink coloring her cheeks suddenly growing bright again as all the gossip she and her co-workers had been giggling over the past few days came flooding back to her, at least the bits that revolved around Scarab. Hanae wouldn't have told him about her little crush, would she have...? No, no certainly not! The Girls often went above and beyond to please their clients, but at the end of the day they looked out for one another before anything else. You had to, in this line of work.