Nadia

Speed is what makes an uneasy guest uneasier, so she works against it. Twenty-seven, a brunette in the Jordaan, she takes bookings in Russian and English and answers messages in short flat sentences that give nothing to worry at. The early part of a longer hour can go on almost nothing at all, and that is not wasted; it is the reason the rest of it works. She will not hurry a guest who has gone quiet and she will not fill the silence with chatter. What happens in the session is her decision, said at the start.

Nadia 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.