Emily

Emily lives in the old centre, close to the canal piers where the tour boats tie up. She has noticed that a day on the water tires people in an odd way: they come back cold, stiff from sitting and restless all at once. Nuru is the format she enjoys most, and she brings what it needs herself so the room asks for no preparation. Romanian and English are her working languages. At twenty-five she is composed, warm once the ice breaks, and exact about her limits.

Emily decides which bookings she takes and may decline any of them; she sets the limits for what a session includes, says what they are, and may end a visit at any point, as the terms set out.