"If I had my way, I'd dance barefoot in a white dress, the way my kind has for centuries," Ilinca told him. "Or next to nothing. But I do not think some of their hearts could handle it." She winked at Kit. "And the cost is not wanting to stand until noon the next day."
Ilinca sighed. "Da," she agreed. "It has. But to target our girls? I cannot pretend to know much about spirits, although I would like to know the reason behind it. And why it riles up the patrons so much, it's making them even more impossible than usual."