i couldn't afford... i was like, i need this food to last me all week. i don't know if i can afford to feed these two guys. afterthat, i remember just my aunt's voice ringing in my head, like, "no, you're never stingy with food". and i... so i said, you know, "sure, bring him". and by the end, it's just kwasi and i and we're talking about our goals. and in the end, i'm telling him i want to go out on my own soon. i was an assistant at the time. and he said, "well, you know, she's looking for someone". and i'm like, "yeah, get me a meeting. "yeah, whatever." you know! and he actually got me a meeting about a month later and i started... i did a trial for over a weekend... wait, wait. before you even get to that, can i ask, how do you prepare for such a game—changing, potentially game—changing...? i honestly didn't! because i had been working so ferociously as an assistant, i was making money, i didn't really have that much time to...to really build a portfolio. so i did some quick shoots, i had some polaroids, some ideas, um...and, you know,