That's part of the reason why it became legalized and a professional skill in my world, yet despite that....there are unfortunately people who still look down upon it regardless if it's a sponsored job from the government. However those things don't really matter...

( not here anyways, it wasn't like she was going to continue her work here. a thought that seemed to come in at the right moment given maria's next statement. )

Don't worry, I wasn't going to continue that line of work here by any means. I'm not....I find that unless I'm making money or friends, I'd prefer not to entertain many men these days. The female clients are always the best anyways....I always said, one can never be their true self in front of a man after all.

( inara might be giving just a bit more information than necessary here, but even with henry she found herself behaving a certain way to manage how strange [yet kind] he had been. perhaps in a way she was hinting that she wanted to be friends with maria....perhaps she could let her guard down around the other. )