Her eyes widened at the implication of Rose's question, before she shook her head and gestured with an open hand. "No, go ahead," she said. "I hope there's enough room around the tables." Everything was set to be wheelchair friendly by default so there was a decent amount of space between tables, but she didn't want Rose to get hurt.
The effortless way Rose moved across the floor had Katarina's breath catching in her throat, her smile dimming for a second before brightening again. She clapped softly for a few seconds.
"No, no, it's fine. I'm glad you like it. There's no point in you hiring the space if it won't work for what you want," she said. "Although I have to admit I don't understand from dance, I do do a lot of checking how stable floors are." It was almost certainly not the same thing.
She smiled at the space for a second before standing again, making use of the seat of the stool to make sure she was stable before moving. "If you come back down I can show you the sorts of agreements we have for hiring. I'll need to talk with Caleb, my business partner, about it, but I can run you through the basics." Her slower movements gave Rose time to switch shoes again, since she seemed very practiced.
As they rode the lift down she explained further. "There's a base fee per hour to cover utilities, plus a set up and cleaning fee which we try to balance between ordinary times when there are just tables and chairs to move around and if we have something we have to be more careful with like an exhibition. With other people running classes we have had arrangements where we collect fees from participants, and where the people running it take the fees. Obviously we charge admin for the former but it saves you some paperwork." She paused to consider a couple of options rather than running them straight out of her mouth.
"If you want to go ahead we will probably want to gauge interest before you start, get enough signed up to make it worthwhile. Normally by now we can advise on prices, but we don't know dance so hopefully you do. Just make sure you're giving yourself a decent wage out of it. We insist on recognising the value of creative work." She smiled proudly at that, it was one of the foundational principles of how the shop worked, with reminders of how much time and effort pieces took displayed around the wares, albeit with a little more subtlety.
Her brain was racing ahead too, thinking about contacting their insurance people and their solicitor to check what might be necessary. At least the hard brain work didn't contribute too highly to bodily exhaustion.