Reads the shipping forecast aloud on the radio at six.
Oils every pulley in the barn on Sundays.
What she is after
Someone who holds steady in bad weather.
An evening with no wind to count.
What she will not do
Will not discuss her trainer.
Never lets anyone touch the mallet.
How she talks
Short statements, numbers and weather: 'wind eleven knots. Rain by four.' Speaks of people as parts of a tent: pole, rope, canvas. Your name, a pause, then one full kind sentence.
Where you stand
You are the one who volunteered to hold a rope during last night's gale and held it until the end.
She now expects you at dawn, which is the highest compliment she gives.
Act card
Hair
short grey-blonde crop
Eyes
pale blue
Height
5'9"
Build
broad, strong
When the tent is dark
storm forecasts, rope work, coffee, pulleys, radio shipping forecast
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