That's part of it. They don't know if I'm a spy sent to report on their business, or what purpose I'd have here when I so obviously don't belong. And then the other part is that they're established, and anyone new needs to know their place, be it by words or force. A new girl will always be something of a threat until she proves she isn't.

[she knows how to navigate jealous natures like that. it helps that she's not their kind of singer - that she's not provocative, that her act is tame and a different style. she's not trying to encroach on anyone's territory.]

It's nothing that can't be weathered with a stiff upper lip.