Nico

Her Spanish is fast and musical, full of small jokes, and her English carries a trace of that same rhythm and warmth; people notice, and she stopped minding a long time ago. She works with real weight and a great deal of gel, long soapy passes that hold heat rather than chase it, and she is exacting about temperature: the room first, then the bottle, then her own hands. The market noise of these streets suits her, though a booking forty minutes away across town is just as welcome. Two hours is where her best work happens.

Nico decides which bookings she takes and may decline any of them; she sets the limits for what a session includes, says what they are, and may end a visit at any point, as the terms set out.