Aha... so this is what it was about... they were the ones the whorehouses were associated with, that was the main reason they asked her here.  Whithian was one of their's, the thug too... she chuckled and set her beer to the side, finding this man's offer more intriguing.<br/><br/>"So to summarize, you'd like me to associate with you, give you 5% of my profits in exchange for having significantly more clients, and offering your associates - the primary source of my expanded income - a 10% discount on my services..." she said, mulling it over "That's not a bad deal if all I was doing was the carnal aspect of my work, but there are significantly more prostitutes, whores, courtesans, escorts, and bodyguards than there are me; I'm not cheap as your research tells, and my skills are significantly more diverse than what your associated prostitutional services provide."<br/><br/>"That said..." she continued, smiling as she picked her stein back up and decided to down the rest, which disappeared quite quickly (she found being able to 'drink well' was a useful talent for her job) "I did say it's not a<em>bad</em>deal.  However beyond the 5% cut, the 10% off the top for guildmembers, and the increased traffic through the guildmembers... what are the other benefits?  Include the other charter benefits please; considering my former life over 7 months ago, I wouldn't call my current lifestyle 'laying low' after I rather publicly slew a master wizard of the Academy by beating him senseless and choking him to death with my bare hands, then preceded to move to a rather more expensive part of town and began marketing myself as a professional companion... you'd be surprised at some of the high-profile people I've been with in the last 6 months..."