How It All Goes Down
- It's time for Pumpkin's official debut as an apprentice geisha.
- Her new geisha name is Hatsumiyo, but everyone "just called her Pumpkin as we always had" (13.3).
- Meanwhile, Mameha dresses Chiyo up in fine kimono and parades her around town to get people talking about her.
- She teaches her to be more expressive with her eyes. Perhaps Tyra learned to smize from Mameha.
- One afternoon, Mameha gives Chiyo a test: make an unsuspecting boy drop a tray, with only her feminine wiles.
- By simply making eye contact, Chiyo makes the boy drop his tray.
- She's well on her way to becoming a geisha, and she hopes to one day meet the Chairman again and use her new tricks on him.