Habit #1

She has the habit of tracing objects with her eyes, feeling their outline delicately with an imaginary finger. She would run the finger over their corners, slowly and gently, memorizing the roundness of their curves, almost with affection. But her eyes, they would be filled with intensity and belligerence. She would, for hours, study these objects not with wonder, not through the eyes of a dilettante, but of an expert. She would stare at them so intently, as if she's wheedling out of them a dangerous secret-- a secret she is certain the objects conceal.