[immediately, she looks apologetic. that wasn't what she meant - not to worry Aerith like that.]

It's not a bad thing, I promise. But someone's raised an offer, and I've been considering it. Once I collect a paycheck, and have been here a little longer to prove I'm not flighty, I'll quietly take up employment elsewhere, at an establishment owned by my...

[she pauses, not really wanting to say clan or anything like it. they're not her family. she'll have to find some easy epithet for the Sutoku group.]

My sponsors. It'll work out better for everyone involved.