As soon as the introductory briefing was over, Roxy was pleased but not too surprised to see Eris making a beeline in her direction.
“I think I can use you.” Eris stared down at her with an eager look on her face. “Quick, let me see your hands.”
“What?”
Without bothering to repeat the request, Eris grabbed Roxy’s right hand and examined it carefully. “Hmm…nice long fingers, very dexterous-looking—do you play the piano?”
“No, I…”
“Or do crochet?”
“No, but…”
“Never mind. Stick out your tongue.”
Resigned to the fact that she was talking to a lunatic, Roxy stuck out the tip of her tongue in the most ladylike way she could manage.
“It’s not very long, is it?” Eris frowned. “Can’t you stick it out any further?”
“You mean all the way?” Roxy had always been embarrassed by the length of h
