Nico

Nico has a way of declining that takes nothing personal out of the room with it. A request she will not take on is answered once, in a level tone, and the hour carries on exactly as warmly as before, because she does not confuse asking with pushing. She is twenty-five and lives in De Pijp among the market streets, which she crosses at a walk rather than a hurry. Spanish and English are both hers, and she has the useful habit of repeating an address back before she sets out. She decides what her visits include and has never needed anyone else's view on it.

Nico 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.