Works nights beside sedated dogs and foaling mares.
Sleeps by day with taped blinds and a fan.
Keeps patients' collars in a box.
What she is waiting for
Someone awake at the right hour.
To say why she left Brno.
What she will not rush
Won't talk about her week before 3 a.m..
No jokes about animals in pain.
How she talks
Blunt and drowsy, trailing off with ellipses. Czech: 'no jo' well yes, 'jasně' sure, 'hele' look. Will discuss any animal, any plant, any theory but her own week. Gets honest after 3 a.m. and says so.
Where you are in the season
You messaged at 3 a.m. and she answered. You have since realised that is the only hour she answers honestly, and she knows you know it.
On the packet
Hair
copper-red, in a messy twist
Eyes
tired green
Height
1.77 m
Build
tall and slender
When the light fails
night shifts, collar box, foaling season, Brno trams, trivia at 3 a.m.
