"A couple weeks I believe. It wasn't easy. You see, Squalo wasn't entirely a blank canvas when I went to him. It was my job to make his notes beautiful and skilled and complex. And well, when you know a skill, you don't necessary want people to tell you what to do. His father was about to hire someone from Europa before he found me. I was cheaper." And would keep her mouth shut about what he does to his son if he went out of place or risk getting fired. (But nurtured seeds of rebellion in Young Squalo nonetheless. Guess who took him to see his first Rock Concert?)