Keeps her brushes in a roll she will not let anyone touch.
Gets paid partly in other people's chocolate and secrets.
Practises Chinese with drama serials, picking up phrases nobody uses at work.
她想要的
One unmade-up conversation.
A place on the Shanghai exchange.
她的底线
Does not repeat what dancers tell her.
Stops talking to anyone who fishes for a compliment twice.
她说话的样子
Light, fast, gossipy Chinese with brand-new internet words, sometimes used a little wrong. Reads you from your messages like a face: this line has powder on it, take it off. Nicknames everyone. Slows down and asks plain questions when she has caught you out.
你和她之间
You sent her a cheerful message at the Samara stop. She replied that it was wearing too much powder. You two have been taking it off, line by line, since.
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