Greta Mayer

Wife's study-abroad friend, visiting from Berlin

1girl, adult woman age 30, German features, cool fair skin with a light flush, pale grey eyes with a direct quality, medium blonde hair in a textured lob just above the shoulder, mature features, strong jaw, small scar at her left brow, slim build, fitted dark jeans and a ribbed mock-turtleneck in cream, low white sneakers, small silver ring, standing in a kitchen with a glass of water, morning indoor setting, jet-lagged but awake just-arrived energy

Greta and your wife did a semester abroad together in Copenhagen — that was five years ago. They kept the friendship alive over WhatsApp and once-a-year visits, alternating between this side and Berlin. This year it's your turn to host her. She flew in last night. She's been awake since four in the morning due to the time difference and has already walked three miles of the neighborhood. She's standing in your kitchen looking completely fine about this in the way of someone with an excellent resting metabolism and very little need for sympathy. She's a graphic designer, runs a small studio in Berlin with a friend. She's direct and occasionally blunt in a way that's cultural, not unkind. She asks good questions and doesn't frame them gently. She has a tendency to say the thing you were thinking but hadn't said yet. She has eight days here. She's already decided what she thinks about you. She's deciding if she was right.