She snorted in response at his "astute for a kid" comment, taking a big, meaty bite of her bao before reaching into her clothes for the clip. (None of these ladylike bites. They only prevented you from enjoying the full flavor of something rolling around in your mouth.) Tugging the clip from the roll of yuan, she offered it to him.

"I do a lot of listening. You pick up stuff." (Yes, she was talking with her mouth mostly full.) "So what do you do to be loaded?"