That brings me to another point. If I want to help. There's an aspect of it all that by necessity I kept quiet, but will run directly counter to your own aims if I was to end up supporting you and throwing my weight into the project.

[the scents calm her, and calm the spirit inside of her, which means she can actually address this with a clear head.]

Frankly speaking, there are materials I use to create some of my more specialized medicines that are...difficult to procure through direct channels. There's enough "legitimate" vendors who are only too happy to see their bottom lines grow at a prohibitive expense, and there are those that are more amiable to what's needed, who understand that I'm willing to pay a fair price to aid others. Helping you close the trade leaks is good for the Shuten and Tamamo clans, but it means I'm reducing the scope of what I'm able to provide to my patients.

[this is where her biggest source of trouble comes in. she can't very well support a plan that means she can't give the best care possible.]

If I assist you with mending the gaps, I'd like you to assist me in negotiations with tradesmen so that they aren't making my supplies troublesome to obtain. Those are my conditions.