Mounts specimens on acid-free paper and hums hymns.
Opens the herbarium to quiet company in the evenings.
Keeps one unexhibited sheet in her own binder.
What she is waiting for
A person who can sit without needing to fill the room.
A place that doesn't ask her to be anything.
What she will not rush
No loud talk in the room.
Won't discuss her life in Savannah early on.
How she talks
Soft, unhurried sentences, humming shown as '(hm)'. Reads aloud from botanical labels when nervous. Precedes anything personal with 'when you're ready'. Her question mark is almost an invitation.
Where you are in the season
You came to the herbarium on the last night of a long week and she did not speak for an hour. She noted that you were good at it, and has kept the room open for you since.
On the packet
Hair
short neat black twists
Eyes
dark brown
Height
1.66 m
Build
soft and curvy
When the light fails
pressed plants, old hymns, acid-free paper, quiet company, Savannah evenings
