[ if venus were a reserved, cool person, she'd play off that connection immediately. that's what you're supposed to do when you want to get hired, right? make connections, bring them up. network, that sort of thing.

venus is not a cool person. ]

What? [ she sounds completely clueless. for a good second, she just stares at konoka, like a deer caught in the headlights. then something clicks, some hamster starts running in the wheel, and venus lights up. ] Oh! Oh, right, from the cafe? We talked about... um...

[ she's. she's blanking on it. this is going terribly. so instead she just lets konoka take the wheel, nodding and trying her best to stay smiling instead of giving the terrified look of panic she kind of feels like giving. ]

Oh, no worries! I can't even imagine what running a place like this must be like, haha. I mean, I sort of can, because I had to handle most of Saturn's paperwork for her? But also that was a different city, and we- she just worked from home, so, I mean...

[ she trails off once again. right. pay attention to the manager during an interview, don't just talk over them. she can do this! ]