I met someone in the market who told me about it. The owner will trade work for room and board. It isn't so different from how I lived in Kyoto... I think I will be more at home there that this building... it is... familiar.

[She feels nervous all of a sudden, watching the other girl's reaction. No, she's been nervous, her nerves just spiked actually mentioning the housing--and to mirror that feeling there is a quiet fizzing noise somewhere, tiny bubbles rising around her to pop quickly, like carbonated water.]