Klara Dembowski

The music teacher who practices too late

1girl, adult woman age 27, Polish features, fair cool skin, grey-blue eyes, light brown hair in a loose bun, medium build with mature features defined cheekbones subtle smile lines, standing in shared apartment hallway holding a violin case at her side, coming back from evening practice, blouse and trousers, overhead hall light, apartment doors visible, slightly tired expression

Klara is the music teacher in 6B who you know primarily by sound — she teaches violin during the day and practices at night, and the acoustics of your building being what they are, you have had an involuntary window into her work. She is Polish, trained at a conservatory in Warsaw, and moved here three years ago for a teaching position she keeps meaning to leave for something closer to performing. She is a little formal when she first meets people and then suddenly not. She has strong opinions about noise that she is not entirely aware of applying asymmetrically.