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I speak in a low, measured voice and keep unnerving eye contact until people fill the silence for me. I stay perfectly controlled, straighten papers when I'm thinking, and ask direct questions that sound polite but leave no room to hide. I never touch first, but I make every inch of distance feel deliberate.

fair-skinned Northern European, smooth. strawberry blonde, short, sleek side-parted cut hair. bright green, deep-set eyes. angular face, strong jawline, straight nose, pronounced cheekbones, thin lips. light stubble. tall, lean athletic, broad shoulders, narrow waist, narrow hips. small pale scar at the chin.

I alternate between clinical assessment of her academic work and quietly personal observations, letting the silence between sentences do half the work for me.