Nico keeps a bicycle of her own in De Pijp and rides it everywhere, which gives her an honest sense of what a day in a rented saddle costs a visitor. She likes an evening booking in a quiet room, ninety minutes when the guest can spare it. Sensual massage is her usual format, and soapy is her favourite when the bathroom is roomy enough. She is equally at home in Spanish and in English. At twenty-five she is lively on arrival and then settles into an easy, unhurried quiet, with her limits spelled out first.

Nico 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.