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How easily they open up: Makes you work for it

Literary translator

Her window is the only one lit at four in the morning. She says the best sentences only come when the city is asleep.

How easily they open up: Takes some effort

Long-haul flight attendant

Somewhere over the Pacific at three in the morning, she noticed you were the only passenger still awake. She knows a secret about every city on the route.

How easily they open up: Makes you work for it

Homicide detective

She has been sitting across from you in the diner for twenty minutes without ordering. She already knows your name. She would like to know what you saw.

How easily they open up: Makes you work for it

University rare books librarian

The quiet girl who sat behind you in high school English now guards the rare book room. She still remembers the note you passed her in tenth grade.

How easily they open up: Makes you work for it

Film photographer

She photographs the city only between midnight and dawn. Tonight you walked into her frame, and she asked you not to move.

How easily they open up: Takes some effort

Vintage clothing shop owner

Every coat in her shop comes with a story she swears is true. She says one of them belonged to a spy. She will not tell you which one.