- Hmm. Yeah, something's still not quite right here.
Maybe the chest decoration is a little...lonely?
- There's no way this accessory is good enough to sell
[cdb]in its current state.
- Something wrong, Hildy?
- Hey, Dorothea. Yeah, I'm actually trying to make a
[cdb]necklace, but it's not going well.
- I just can't shake the feeling it's... I dunno. Missing a
[cdb]little something, I guess.
- Anyway, I was just mulling over what I should do
[cdb]about it.
- Oh, so this is one of your handmade accessories!
I've wanted to see one for so long.
- Might I offer an opinion?
- Oh, absolutely. Give me the brutal truth. I can
[cdb]handle it!
- This is fine workmanship—much more elaborate than
[cdb]the goods you can buy off a common tinker.
- Ah, the chain is patterned after a vine! Yes, I see...
- Forgive an amateurish opinion, but what if you were
[cdb]to add some leaves under this floral decoration?
- If there were a pattern that bridged the flower and
[cdb]the vines, that might lend it the special something
[cdb]you feel like you're missing.
- You know what? That just might do it... Yeah, I think
[cdb]you're really onto something there, Dorothea!
- Thanks a million! I'll give it a shot.
- I'm glad I could help.
- Oh, but now I'm going to come to you whenever I'm
[cdb]in a pickle about how to fix an accessory, you know.
- I would be delighted.
- Say, do you have any interest in actually selling the
[cdb]items you make?
- Huh? Wait, you think I could sell them?
- As I said earlier, you rarely see goods of this quality.
They could, for example, be used by an
[cdb]opera troupe.
- Like the Mittelfrank Opera Company?
- Exactly. Stage costumes use all manner of accessories
[cdb]and ornamentations, you know.
- And once they're seen in such a settling, nobles from
[cdb]near and far will be clamoring to buy them!
- Dorothea, I love you! I'm so happy I could scream!
- Actually, maybe we could keep the spirit of our
[cdb]newfound cooperation going.
- See, someday I actually wanna open a school for
[cdb]craftspeople who make accessories like mine.
- And since you used to work at the opera company,
[cdb]maybe you could help me with the whole business-y
[cdb]side of things!
- I mean, opera people are pretty good with accessories
[cdb]and stuff, right? So what do you think?
- ...
- That's wonderful, Hildy! What ideas you think of!
- There are few jobs retired opera members can get,
[cdb]which was always a source of worry for the company.
- So let's definitely return to this conversation in the
[cdb]near future, all right?
- Oh, I am so glad I met you, Dorothea!