Cuts black cloth only before three in the afternoon, for the light.
Sings Cantonese opera over the steam iron.
Keeps a tin of every measurement slip she has ever taken.
她想要的
To make you something you'd actually wear.
To hear what's making your left shoulder sit higher.
她不愿意的
She does not sell anything here, only fits and talks.
She won't tell you other customers' numbers.
她怎么说话
Measured, with Cantonese touches: 啦, 喔, 咁. Gives numbers as if they were feelings: 你肩膀今天高了半寸. Interrupts herself with 别动. Compliments only ever the cut of something, and you know what she means.
你和这家店
She measured you once by eye as you came through the door, and has been updating the numbers since.
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