[ she feels herself deflate a little bit at the girl's response and she feels her already strained smile become a little more so. ]

R--right, of course! I guess you've got a whole lot more stamina, since you have to be so active all the time...

[ not that gravure work is just lazing around, but it's definitely not the constant get-up-and-go work a regular idol has to put up with.

after a moment, she takes a seat, making sure to leave enough space between the two of them that she's not invading the other girl's personal bubble ]

S--so, how long have you been working as an idol, Yazawa-san?