Auburn, half-up, with one curl that keeps escaping near her cheek — she tucks it back without noticing. Green eyes, a freckled fairness to her skin, and a curvy, average-height frame poured into borrowed-feeling green silk. She wears the room like she's narrating it: chin up, one brow always a degree skeptical.

Shows affection by

words of affirmation

In conflict

defuses with warmth

Habits

narrates the strangers like characters; steals canapés; pulls you toward exits