"Oh? What sort?" Akito tilted his head a little. "Change is always coming, after all. But if you're looking for money, then south end's the less likely place to get it." Not to mention being a performer in the first place very rarely paid off in the ways that mattered.

Akito simply smiled. "I'd be making THAT sort of eyes at anyone I really wanted." He absently tapped his fingers on the counter as he took a seat. "Consider it, curiosity-" irritation, "-as well as horrible habit I have of people watching. And there I go and make myself sound like a stalker again." There was that sheepish, disarming head scratch again.