[There's a sideways glance at Cid when Tatiana offers the perfume sample, and it is difficult not to let her face twist with disgust as she takes the paper she's sprayed with it. She lifts it to her nose anyway, to be polite, and were it not for the implications of it, she might have actually enjoyed a scent like this. It's sweet and floral, nothing like the other high-end perfumes that make her nose want to bleed. She offers an equally saccharine smile, shaking off any of the stiffness that she had.]

Oh, it is lovely.

[Gotta play it up for the sake of the job, and she folds it up and curls her fingers over it for now, and she turns a proud smile on Sebastien, happy for the distraction.]

I've no doubt that it will. I've had personal experience with all of them myself, traveling plenty out at sea for days at a time. They keep all sorts of things fresh, from fruits to freshly caught fish.

[Not entirely a lie. It's a half truth.

"Oh? What is it that you do?"

Benedikta's arm stiffens around Cid's, but neither of them seem to notice. She hadn't really thought this far, but it is a good thing she's a practised liar.]

Oh, I... am in between jobs at the moment. [Her other hand pats at her belly.] With our first child on the way, I do not want to spend too much time from home.