the buyer is just the "nan family" and the servant wanting to buy the two of them never specifies what role they play. the mother even mentioned that the "nan family master" treats their people well. I only assume she feels trapped in a corner because while the two of them are being bought together, they will still have to serve someone. she desires a life together with the girl, but seeing as how her love is entirely "I secretly give my all", is a very materialistic thing, she dares not share her feelings for teal. "trapped and dirtied because she is a prostitute" (ff: western frontier towns were created by brothel businesses, the gold rush was an opportunity and the brothel created the means, or at least the desire to get to business and settle down. madames held a great deal of influence. but let me restate, it was western frontier towns, girls volunteered to work as a prostitute during the initial period. it was just another job in the new city, not to mention lucrative as a business because they catered to the working class) purple is not the right state of mind either, she can't help but obsess over the fact that teal is still sleeping. I do feel bad about the guard though. he does the stabby just because of irrelevant plot (it does nothing for our protagonist, the condition of the whole story, or the main love interest), curse the author