[It will be some time before their tea and snacks arrive. With a lot of the staff still on vacation from all of what happened in October, the place runs on a skeleton crew. Perhaps the best time to be open about such things, but Rin doesn't want to get cocky about it.]

Correct. The staff seem complicit, and uninvolved in the game. Guests and players are discouraged from working as staff. Only as punishment or as a dalliance are people like us allowed to hold a job. Even so, it's usually only temporary. I tried once as a way to pass the time with hopes of earning more currency.

[Tohsaka begins unraveling the napkin that contains the utensils. She places the silverware aside and drapes the napkin over her lap. Each movement seemingly done out of muscle memory. Practiced motions. Elegance that she hammered into herself at a young age so that she wouldn't be an embarrassment when entertaining a professor or peer when she studied abroad at Clock Tower.]