To be honest, regardless of who else is bidding, Adeline is happy that Lulu's stopped. She's been keeping track of everyone who's yelled out a number, and none of them are as high as VIOLET.

So she takes this as her cue to come out strong and shut some of the other bidders out.

"Twenty thousand credits. Let's stop incrementing at one or two thousand at a time, shall we?"

And yes, okay. She's jumped much closer to her cap, but there's immediately a pause in the tempo. Which is exactly what Addy wanted.