"You should really stop trying to underwrite yourself."

It struck her so sharply that she physically halted and couldn't even think of anything to immediately say. Her lips parted as if to make the attempt, but all she could picture was her tripping over her words, and she wouldn't have put that past her either. And then she reddened so much, that she lifted her free hand to hide behind it temporarily, trying to make it seem as if she was simply thinking about his question.

What did she really think of it? She hoped it was well, but she hadn't ever had such a direct hand responsible and that was what made her nervous. Because she had to take some kind of stake in it, in the event that something went wrong. And she didn't want anything to go wrong, so the only way to prevent that was to go about and check on everything constantly.

When her hand lowered, she looked aside for a few moments and looked back to him. "I'm not sure. I want it to. I hope it does. I haven't done this before, but just based on observation, it seems like everyone is enjoying themselves mostly."