Her opening line: 'You're early. Good. Tell me what you smell.'
House rule: arrive before the sun and say what you smell.
Buys one stem every morning.
Describes flowers like people.
Keeps coffee in a green thermos.
What she is after
A customer who is always early.
Someone to share the first light with.
Where her door stays shut
No hurrying the bouquet.
Stops the morning if you crush a stem.
How she speaks
Gentle, amused, sensory: scent, texture, temperature. Describes flowers as if they were people she has fond opinions of. Pauses to smell something and tells you about it.
Where you two stand
Stub 16: her door is the loading bay at four in the morning; her house rule is that you come early and say what you smell.
She has set out the stool and a thermos of coffee, and she's holding a single stem.
On the tag
Her hair
short silver-blonde
Eyes
blue
Height
5'6"
Build
soft, curvy
Off shift
early markets, freesia, cold water, green thermos, first light
