With that consideration, Krem settled into it. He measured along Nina's spine, from the nape of her neck to her ankles, and then again from her nape to the small of her back. From shoulder to fingertips, and to wrists. Around the arm at the shoulder and wrist, around the neck.

He smiled, briefly at her between each set of numbers and, before he began the more intimate set of measurements, he asked, "Are you comfortable? I can tell you how to take the next few measurements yourself if you prefer. Not everyone likes someone else so close."

Measuring Kaz, for instance, had been a special practice in speed.