Curnen nodded and reached into her pocket to pull it out. "Easier if one of us does this," she said as she held out her hand for his phone. It was the first clear look she was giving him at her fingers, and that came as it always seemed to, with a pang of self-consciousness. It meant different things at home and out in the world. Most people let it pass with a bit of a double take, but not everyone had even the manners for that.
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